future stability

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. And you will say in that day:

“Give thanks to the LORD,

call upon his name,

make known his deeds among the peoples,

proclaim that his name is exalted.”

Isaiah 12:3-4

As messed up as our world seems right now, the Bible points us to a future hope that can help us confidently trust the One Who is writing all of the story of planet earth. This passage is Isaiah is a glimpse of it. It is a song of praise, written for saints to sing about the saving rule of Jesus. In Isaiah’s prophecy Jesus is the “righteous branch” Who springs from the root of Jesse, with the Spirit of the Lord upon Him. He judges in righteousness and leads perfectly. He executes justice for all the oppressed and swiftly judges their wicked oppressors (Isaiah 11:1-5).

The results of the future rule of Jesus include a worldwide peace that reshapes the natural world into a global Eden (Isaiah 11:6-9). Israel is regathered from among all nations to rise to prominence on the world stage (Isaiah 11:10-16) as God eliminates all further threats to His covenant people. That sets up Isaiah 12 and its song of praise for the salvation brought by Jesus.

There is a day revealed clearly in the Bible when God through Christ brings final justice, judgment, and righteous order to the world. All the bad stuff and all the sad stuff will end and fade into distant memory. And humanity will know the peace we have always sought. We will joyfully worship the God Whose glorious love has brought us deep wells of salvation from which to drink through Jesus. And we will thrive and joyfully worship Him as we were made to do!