Isaiah 62:8-9 – Satisfied by His grace

As readers of the Bible, we can see that the laws of God have been given to show us what He requires of man in their relationship with Him. They prescribed how man ought to live to please God. While the standards God demands of us are made known in the laws, they do not have the capacity to empower us to obey them. We are left to figure a way of our own to live out the requirements of the laws. This is not helped by our fallen nature which rendered us incapable of keeping what the laws require of us by our own design. We are incapable of auto-correction. Hence instead of being blessed, we inherit curses. But God is gracious and loving. In His grace and love, He provided a way for us. The coming of Jesus made available the means whereby the requirements of the laws can now be fulfilled in our lives. In  Christ Jesus we are made right with God hence His blessings can be received.   

When Isaiah said God “has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm”, what does he mean? He was referring to God’s own power to act, and He chose to act in grace.  We know that the sending of Jesus Christ is an act of His grace. It is His most gracious gesture to mankind. And this grace is entirely His doing. He swore to do it and then went about executing it. Hence, Isaiah wants his readers to know that the blessings we experience are entirely God’s doing. He Himself had done it for us. We no longer need to struggle to come up with our own device to fulfill the requirement of the laws. Now in Christ, we will experience blessings and not curses. In Him, we will no longer lack sustenance, and no one can take away what rightly belongs to us.

In Christ, there is fullness of life. We are privileged to experience the promises of the New Covenant in Christ. We are given to enjoy His goodness. God’s grace through Christ will enable us to live a life of praise. He has granted us access to God’s presence and in His Sanctuary, we will drink of His unending goodness. We cannot help but to thank God as we think of what He has done for us in Christ. Romans 8:3 tells us “For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh.” He did it all for us so that we can become the righteousness of God and so enjoy the fulness of life. Oh, what a joy it is to be one with the Lord! All praise and honor to Him!