shared from: Suzi Visser

“O Lord, you are my God! I will exalt you in praise, I will extol your fame. For you have done extraordinary things, and executed plans made long ago exactly as you decreed.”
Isaiah 25:1 NET

As I read the text of Isaiah25, I relish the thought that the God who started a good work in me is the same God who will finish it. Philippians 1:6

What Blessed Assurance‼️

Salvation, sanctification, every quiet step of growth—none of it depends on my strength. He began it, and He will complete it. That promise feels like solid ground under my feet.

Then Isaiah paints this beautiful picture that feels so familiar here in New Mexico: “Just as the shadow of a cloud causes the heat to subside, so He causes the song of tyrants to cease.”
Isaiah 25:5 NET

I thought of all the times I’ve been out working in the garden when the sun is blazing down, dry heat pressing in from every side. Suddenly a cloud drifts over, the temperature drops, and a cool breeze brushes across my skin.

For one sweet moment everything is refreshed. That’s exactly what this verse feels like—God stepping in like that shadow, silencing the noise of every oppressor.

But here’s what amazes me: in the garden the relief is only temporary. The cloud moves on and the heat returns. Isaiah says the relief God gives His people isn’t fleeting at all. It’s eternal. Through Jesus, the scorching trials, the tyranny of sin and death, are not just paused—they are permanently ended.

The prophet goes even further: “… He will swallow up death permanently. The sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from every face, and remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth.” Isaiah 25:8 NET

Death itself is swallowed up in victory! I can almost hear Paul shouting the triumphant question centuries later: “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?”
1 Corinthians 15:55

And John echoes it in Revelation: God “will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” Revelation 21:4

At that moment, Isaiah says, we will look up and declare with full hearts: “Look, here is our God! We waited for him and he delivered us. Here is the Lord! We waited for him. Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!” Isaiah 25:9 NET

I can’t read those words without singing:

🎶 Oh, victory in Jesus, my Savior forever; He sought me and bought me with His redeeming blood; He loved me ’ere I knew Him and all my love is due Him; He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood 🎶

Jesus Really is Our Living Hope‼️

The One who began this good work in me is faithful, and one day soon every shadow will give way to endless light, every tear will be wiped away, and we will stand in the full, forever shade of His deliverance.

#Maranatha Come, Lord Jesus,Come!

#JesusIsOurLivingHope