Isaiah 49

It took me 6 minutes to read these words recorded by Isaiah the prophet. The first 7 verses are focused on God's revelation of what he is going to do through Israel; lead them to be a light for all nations. How strange that must have sounded to those Hebrews; how wonderful it sounds to me. It must have baffled those who wore the title of God's chosen as Isaiah spoke. How could God grow a holy nation out of the uncircumsized people of the world? We have learned that the answer comes through God's grace. We are the generation to whom the light of the world has been passed. We Christians glow with the hope of God's salvation that was ignited at the cross.
Stuart