Isaiah 44:21
The Bible says in Isaiah 44:21-22, Remember
these, O Jacob and
The first truth to be reminded of in this passage
is found in verse 21: for thou art my servant.
We are the servants of Christ. We are not our own. The Apostle remembered this
often. Many times he introduced himself in his epistles as the servant of
Christ. For example, Paul wrote in Romans 1:1, Paul,
a servant of Jesus
Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God.
And Paul wrote in Titus 1:1, Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of
Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of
the truth which is after godliness. We belong to Jesus Christ. One of
the ways that Jesus gets His work done on this earth is through His believers
who serve Him. If we truly consider ourselves as servants of Christ, then we
will not make decisions based upon what we want. We will always say, If the
Lord will, I will do this or that or go into this or that city. We will always
pray, Not my will, but thine be done. We
will be careful that we are not led by self-will because we are the servants of
Christ, and a servant does the bidding of his Master.
Notice that God says in Isaiah 44:21, I have formed thee; thou art my servant. This
statement speaks of the purpose of life. We are here because God gave us life.
He formed us. The idea presented with the
word formed is to be formed for a
purpose. In other words when the infinite Almighty God created you, He created
you for a purpose. The only way that you will ever know that purpose is to
truly be His servant in this world, going His way for you and doing His will.
God makes a promise at the end of Isaiah 44:21. He
promises, O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of
me. God does not forget His people, but unfortunately sometimes His
people forget Him. One of the great challenges of the Christian is to go
through each day without forgetting the Lord Jesus Christ. Of course, one of
the important activities to be able to do that is to keep oneself in the Word
of God. Daily Bible reading and meditation upon that which we have read is
essential to not forgetting the Lord in ones daily activities.
We will also be more apt to remember the Lord if
we are thankful to Him and aware of the blessings that He has provided us.
There is no greater blessing than the forgiveness of sins that we receive from
Jesus Christ. The Lord said in Isaiah 44:22, I
have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy
sins. This is a wonderful thought for those who recognize themselves as
sinners, and who have come to Jesus for forgiveness: God no longer sees our
sins. The all-knowing God remembers us, but He forgets our sins. He sees us,
but He does not see our sins. That is true forgiveness. When someone sins, and
you are aware of their sin, when you think of them, you think of their sin
also. But God has established a method of forgiveness that allows Jesus to view
us who are forgiven as if we had not sinned. That is grace, and is the meaning
of forgiveness. Remember that truth when there are others that you should
forgive. If you can think of others without thinking of the sins they have
committed against you, then you know that you have forgiven them.
Believers can always return to the Lord, just as
the Lord commands in Isaiah 44:22 because believers are already forgiven. Jesus
will always receive and accept any one of us. No believer should ever stay away
from the Lord because of feelings of guilt or low self-esteem. There is always
full acceptance waiting for you from the loving heart of the Savior.
The Bible says in Isaiah 44:23-28, Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye
lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and
every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in
A commandment is given to all believers in Isaiah
44:23. The commandment is: Sing. Notice
that first of all those who are in heaven are told to sing. It says, Sing, O ye heavens. And then the same passage
tells the people of the earth to sing. It says, shout,
ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains.
The phrase lower parts of the earth means
the lower parts which is the earth. The earth is lower than heaven. It is under
heaven. But thankfully there are some activities that take place in heaven that
a believer can also experience while still in the lower parts (the earth.) One
of these activities is singing. Evidently, we will be singing much of the time
in heaven. We will always be happy there, and we will have much to sing about.
It says in Revelation 15:1-4, And I saw another
sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last
plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. And I saw as it were a sea
of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the
beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name,
stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song
of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and
marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou
King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou
only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy
judgments are made manifest. That which is perfect and that which is
ideal exists in heaven and then we copy as many of
those good things on earth as we can. That is one of the values of
learning as many of the great old hymns and gospel songs as you can. Once you
have learned them, you can sing them whenever you wish to experience just a
little bit the joys of heaven and the joys of knowing the Lord.
Isaiah 44:23 also gives us the reason that we
should sing. It says, for the LORD hath done it.
The Lord has done something that man cannot do: something great and wonderful.
The Lord hath redeemed us. That is the most important thing to be done
for any person. Jesus said in Matthew 16:26, For
what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man
give in exchange for his soul? We will sing the praises of Christ
forever and ever because of His redemption that He gives freely through His
blood. To be redeemed means to be purchased with a price. That price that Jesus
paid for you and for me was His blood on the cross of
I will sing of my Redeemer, and His
wondrous love to me; On the cruel cross He suffered, From the curse to set me
free. Sing, oh, sing of my Redeemer, with his blood He purchased me. On the
cross He sealed my pardon, paid the debt, and made me free.
I will sing of my Redeemer, And His
heavenly love to me; He from death to life hath brought me, Son of God, with
Him to be. Sing, oh, sing of my Redeemer, with his blood He purchased me. On
the cross He sealed my pardon, paid the debt, and made me free.
We should also sing to the Lord because He is the
giver of life and the Creator of all things. The Bible says in Isaiah 44:24, Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed
thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth
the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself. Every
life in every womb is the work of God. Each life is being formed by God. That
is why we value life so much and that is why we do everything we can to
preserve and to prolong life. Life is a gift from God. God gives life and only
He should end it.
The dishonest and godless people in
the world sometimes make life not so pleasant, and thus make us not feel like
singing. But
we can sing when we think of Gods promises concerning them and their schemes.
The Lord says in Isaiah 44:25, That frustrateth
the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men
backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish. God is in control because
He is God. Mere man cannot escape the Almighty, and mere man cannot force his
will against the Almighty. The lies of the liars will fail because Jesus sees
all and knows all, and because God has a plan. One of the key features of Gods
plan has to do with His good plans for His people. That is why the Lord said to
the children of
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