Wells of Salvation
4/21/26 Bible Thought (Isa. 12-13)
Main Idea: There is coming a day of salvation filled with praise and joy.
A Look at the Text:
Our text opens today with a celebration of the promise from chapter 11. Yesterday, we saw a return to Eden and the certain hope that one day the Lord’s glory would cover the earth as the waters cover the sea (Isa. 11:9).
The inevitable response will then be praise and thanksgiving to God for His wondrous works and salvation. Salvation will be as an ever-flowing fountain (Isa. 12:3), and God’s praise will go throughout the earth (Isa. 12:5). Although that day is awaited, it is worth waiting for.
Contrasting this, we see that Babylon, though mighty in the present, had a future of destruction coming.
While David’s dynasty seemed as though it were a stump while everyone else prospered, what mattered most wasn’t the present, but the future. Babylon would one day be utterly cast down. The proud would be brought low (Isa. 13:11). Babylon would be as Sodom and Gomorrah (Isa. 13:19). While the present might be a miserable time for the people of God, the end of the story was yet to come.
Bringing it Home:
The Scripture says that it is impossible to please God without faith (Heb. 11:6). It’s not easy to believe in promises that are yet unfulfilled. To this, we must remember that the whole Christian life is one of faith. We are saved by grace through faith (Eph. 2:8). In the present, we walk by faith and not by sight (2 Cor. 5:7). Yet we trust that one day our faith will be made sight.
During our earthly sojourn, life is oftentimes backwards. The wicked prosper. The righteous suffer. It can seem as if God doesn’t care about the plight of His people. Yet the end of the story matters much more than the present chapter.
The end of the story matters much more than the present chapter.
There is a grand contrast coming. Those who have trusted in Christ will enjoy eternal bliss in a new creation. The beautiful picture we saw from chapter 11 will be our portion. There will be everlasting peace. There will be eternal blessedness. We will dwell with our God, and He will dwell with us (see Rev. 21:3).
We must hold to the picture of that future day where we can “drink deeply from the fountain of salvation” (Isa. 12:3, NLT) when in the present life is hard.
The great reversal is yet to come.
Challenge:
Do I encourage myself with God’s eternal promises when the present seems backwards?
Such a great perspective to keep in the hardships of life. Thank you for these daily reminders.