Father God,

Today, I pray that Your children would understand what Isaiah 49:8-9 means for us as Your faithfulness to Your Servant is on full display in these verses. Though the Servant was deeply despised and abhorred by the nation, though the Servant lamented that He had labored in vain in 49:4, the Lord declares with repeated certainty that the Servant will accomplish all that He was intended to accomplish, even salvation to the “end of the earth”.

While we ourselves are not in any way the Servant, himself, we are in the Servant as He is our covenant (49:8) and we are the prisoners that He will set free in 49:9. We are also those whom shall be fed and provided for by the work of the Servant in 49:9-11. The guaranteeing by the Lord of the Servant’s work means that we will enjoy the blessings of such a salvation.

So as we lament and walk through any present storm or dark valley, keep us in full confidence of these promises so that we do not grow weary, so that we do not despair, so that we do not take our eyes off the Servant who saves and in whom we have all the blessings that accompany salvation in the covenant that He himself is. Your kingdom come, Your will be done. In this is our hope and greatest blessing.

In Christ’s Name,

Amen.