Isaiah 49-51

Today we read Isaiah chapters 49-51. Today in the reading we encountered another “servant song”. There are a number of these servant focused passages scattered throughout the last 27 chapters of Isaiah. Yesterday in the teaching time we studied the first servant themed passage as we look to the fact the servant would be held and preserved by the Father in Heaven. The Father is preserving the servant from that passage so He can be a light to the nations. In the reading today, chapter 49 has another servant themed passage. In this passage though the Servant is actually doing the talking to the people of God. In this message from the servant, we see more of His strong truthful commanding presences. The servant tells the people why He is coming, what He is going to do, and then how the people must respond to Him. Combining this passage with the one studied yesterday gives us a fuller picture of who the servant is. The in chapters 53 (which we will read Wednesday) and other chapters to come the picture of the Servant will become much clearer. So the question is, from the reading today in Isaiah chapter 49, do you know the Servant personally and are you responding correctly to what the Servant demands from His people He is serving?