Celebrating God’s All-Conquering Grace
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Isaiah 12:3
Isaiah also speaks of the joy we will have in drawing “water from the springs of salvation” (v. 3). Isaiah is filled with images of cool, satisfying streams in the wasteland from which thirsty wanderers drink and are refreshed (32:2; 35:6; 43:19-20; 44:3-4). Jesus perfectly fulfills these images, as he spoke to the Samaritan woman at the well: “Whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again. In fact, the water I will give him will become a well of water springing up in him for eternal life” (John 4:14). So, as we make our toilsome way through the wilderness of this world, we are free to drink from Jesus at any moment through the Holy Spirit (John 7:38).
Isaiah 12:4-6
The rest of this brief chapter covers what we should be doing for the rest of our fleeting lives on earth: giving thanks to our Lord, proclaiming his name among the nations, celebrating his deeds among the peoples. This is nothing less than worldwide mission work, exalting the achievements of God the Father through the perfect work of his Son, Jesus Christ. We are to declare to all peoples that God’s triune name is exalted and that everyone who calls on that name will be saved. Each “citizen of Zion” (v. 6) will do this worship-filled mission work, and we will experience the greatness of God in our midst both for now and all eternity.
This chapter is a brief but delightful interlude of rich worship and praise to God for his amazing grace in turning away his wrath and pouring out compassion on us. It is therefore a call to us to fill our mouths with praise and thanksgiving now, to worship him in spirit and in truth, to live every moment of our lives in thankful praise to the God of our salvation. It is secondly a call on us to be passionately and fruitfully engaged in evangelism and missions, declaring among the nations of the earth the greatness of Jesus’s achievements at the cross and empty tomb. Finally, it is a promise of rich future blessings when our present worship by faith and by the Spirit will be consummated in heaven.