June 6, 2026, Isaiah 41:1-20
June 6, 2026, Isaiah 41:1-20
41 Listen to me in
silence, O coastlands;
let the peoples renew
their strength;
let them approach, then let them speak;
let us together draw near
for judgment.
2 Who stirred up one from
the east
whom victory meets at
every step?
He gives up nations before him,
so that he tramples kings
underfoot;
he makes them like dust with his sword,
like driven stubble with
his bow.
3 He pursues them and passes on safely,
by paths his feet have not
trod.
4 Who has performed and done this,
calling the generations
from the beginning?
I, the Lord, the first,
and with the last; I am
he.
5 The coastlands have seen
and are afraid;
the ends of the earth
tremble;
they have drawn near and
come.
6 Everyone helps his neighbor
and says to his brother,
“Be strong!”
7 The craftsman strengthens the goldsmith,
and he who smooths with
the hammer him who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
and they strengthen it
with nails so that it cannot be moved.
8 But you, Israel, my
servant,
Jacob, whom I have
chosen,
the offspring of
Abraham, my friend;
9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth,
and called from its
farthest corners,
saying to you, “You are my servant,
I have chosen you and not
cast you off”;
10 fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am
your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you
with my righteous right hand.
11 Behold, all who are
incensed against you
shall be put to shame and
confounded;
those who strive against you
shall be as nothing and
shall perish.
12 You shall seek those who contend with you,
but you shall not find
them;
those who war against you
shall be as nothing at
all.
13 For I, the Lord your
God,
hold your right hand;
it is I who say to you, “Fear not,
I am the one who helps
you.”
14 Fear not, you worm
Jacob,
you men of Israel!
I am the one who helps you, declares the Lord;
your Redeemer is the
Holy One of Israel.
15 Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge,
new, sharp, and having
teeth;
you shall thresh the mountains and crush them,
and you shall make the
hills like chaff;
16 you shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry
them away,
and the tempest shall
scatter them.
And you shall rejoice in the Lord;
in the Holy One of Israel
you shall glory.
17 When the poor and needy
seek water,
and there is none,
and their tongue is
parched with thirst,
I the Lord will answer
them;
I the God of Israel will
not forsake them.
18 I will open rivers on the bare heights,
and fountains in the midst
of the valleys.
I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
and the dry land springs
of water.
19 I will put in the wilderness the cedar,
the acacia, the myrtle,
and the olive.
I will set in the desert the cypress,
the plane and the pine
together,
20 that they may see and know,
may consider and
understand together,
that the hand of the Lord has
done this,
the Holy One of Israel has
created it.
Isaiah 41:1–20 demonstrates that while the nations
panic and scramble for false security during global upheaval, God’s chosen
people can live entirely without fear because the Sovereign Creator holds their
right hand, transforms their weakness into victory, and miraculously provides
for them in the desert.
What area of your
life (your marriage, your career, your mental health, your spiritual life)
currently feels like a dry, parched desert? How can you position yourself to
receive the supernatural water and growth that only God can provide there?
Verse 20 notes
that God does these miracles so that people "may see and know, may
consider and understand together, that the hand of the Lord has done
this." Looking back, what is one "desert miracle" God has done
in your past that you can share with someone else today to build their faith?
Robin Adams
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