Isaiah 41-43 Promises to Stand On

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Promises to Stand On
Isaiah 41 to 43
July 26-27, 2025

We are in a new section of Isaiah that began in chapter 40. The theme is the restoring of hope. In the chapters leading up to this, Isaiah warned them that Babylon would arise as the next great empire that would reign in terror over them.

The king of Babylon had heard about Hezekiah, how the Assyrian army mysteriously died outside the walls of Jerusalem, how Hezekiah himself almost died from a grave illness, but then was healed; so, the king of Babylon sent emissaries bearing gifts and compliments.

Hezekiah loved the gifts and the compliments and, in his pride, he showed the emissaries from Babylon all the wealth he had accumulated and all the treasures which had been bestowed upon him.

Isaiah then came to Hezekiah and said, “Who were those people? From where did they come to you? What did they say to you? And what have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.”

Isaiah replied ominously, “Behold, days are coming when all that is in your house, and all that your fathers have laid up in store to this day shall be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left. Even your own sons will serve in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

Isaiah was foretelling of the destruction of Jerusalem at the hands of the Babylonian empire. They would destroy Jerusalem and take them captive to live in Babylon in exile for 70 long years. That is the back story to this section of Isaiah.

Isaiah wrote a prophetic word of hope and of restoration to Israel. When they encounter those troubles that will come upon them, they will need these words to strengthen their faith, to remind them of the greatness of God and of God’s unrelenting love for them.

These chapters are filled with promises they will need to take hold of in the storm of trouble to come. Troubles create doubt and fear and shake your life to its very core. In troubles and storms, you need promises to hold on to. God’s promises become anchors in the storm. These promises strengthen faith – faith you will need to stand on the promises of Christ your Savior.

Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, and the conviction of things not seen. There are different types of hope. People often use the word hope to express hope in things they’re not sure of; they hope they catch fish; they hope the stock market rises, they hope the government spends their money wisely.

The hope built on the promises of God has a different meaning entirely. It means that you have a rock on which you can stand…

Hebrews 6:18-19, We who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope that is set before us. This hope we have as an anchor to the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast…

In chapter 41, He reminds them that He will strengthen those who wait on Him. In their trouble, some will say that God has forsaken them, that God has forgotten them. But He reminds them to wait – – wait in the hope that God will never forget them… “Behold, I will never forget you. I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands.” God’s promises are the anchor to the soul you will need in every stormy gale.

I. God is with You in the Storm

This is one of the greatest promises found in all of Scripture; that God is with you. God’s presence changes everything. It’s the key to understanding faith; it’s the very substance of having confidence in God.
You see that great theme repeated over and over in the Bible. When Israel had escaped the slavery and oppression of Egypt, when they were at Mount Sinai, God told Moses to take the people up from there into the promised land — but that He Himself would not go with them because they were a stubborn and obstinate people, Moses responded, “If You do not go with us, we’re not going anywhere.” He knew that God’s presence changes everything.
God’s presence is the answer to fear…

Psalm 23:4, Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil – for Thou art with me.

Verse 10 – “Do not fear, for I am with you…
These words have encouraged many who have walked through a valley of deep darkness, a valley of deep trouble, even the valley of the shadow of death. I will not fear – because God’s presence is with me.

A. Faith is the answer to anxiety

Verse 10 – “Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”
Fear is the opposite of faith and fear produces anxiety. It was true for Israel in their troubles with Babylon and it’s true today.
There is a lot to be anxious about in this world. News is filled with tragedies; the world is getting more dangerous every day. The war in Ukraine seems to have no end, the conflict between Irael and Hamas continues without a ceasefire, the national debt continues to soar. China is a growing threat to the entire western world.
The word ‘anxious’ is often misused. Many people say, “I’m anxious to see my friend tomorrow,” what they mean, however, is that they are eager to see their friend.
To be anxious is to worry or fret and it’s based on the fear of the unknown. ‘What if this should happen?’ or ‘what if that should happen?’ … and because it could happen, they worry as if it will

Matthew 10:29-31, “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.”

Luke 12:25, “And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life span? If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other matters?”

Illus – there are many phobias that are common to many people and some that are somewhat uncommon. There is claustrophobia, the fear of closed spaces, or arachnophobia, the fear of spiders, there’s agoraphobia, fear of going out in public, there are also unusual phobias like ergophobia, the fear of work, there’s phronemophobia, fear of thinking, there’s pentheraphobia, fear of your mother-in-law, there’s Euphorbia, fear of good news, and my favorite, phobophobia, fear of fear itself.

“Do not be anxious about anything,” Paul wrote. Many people are held prisoner by fear, but that is not God’s heart for you. Faith is the answer to fear.
Faith says, “Whatever happens in my life, I know that God will be with me, caring for me, and walking with me through it all.”
In other words, whatever happens, I know I can trust God. I don’t know what tomorrow holds, but I know who holds tomorrow.

2 Timothy 1:7, God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and a sound mind.

God gave us a Spirit of power and love and very importantly… a sound mind. Faith is the assurance of what you know about God and that He the answer to what might go wrong with your life.

2 Timothy 1:12, I know in whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him until that day.

B. Help is on the way

Verses 42:1-8 – This the promise to send their Messiah, God’s chosen One in whom His soul delights. God would put His Spirit upon Him. And He will be their help.
Notice the heart that the Messiah of Israel will carry….
Verse 3 – “A bruised reed He will not break; a burning wick He will not extinguish…”
The prophet Zechariah prophesied that their Messiah king would come to them – gentle, and mounted on the colt of a donkey, a beast of burden. In the promise, you see God’s heart to carry our burdens.

Matthew 11:29-30, “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Matthew 12:20-21, “A battered reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not put out, until He leads justice to victory. And in His name the Gentiles will hope.”

God wants you to be convinced of God’s heart for you, That He deals with you gently. That His mercies are new every morning.

II. You Will Sing a New Song

Verse 42:9-10 – “Now I declare new things; before they spring forth, I proclaim them to you.” Sing to the Lord a new song, sing His praise from the end of the earth… Let them shout for joy from the tops of the mountains. Let them give glory to the Lord.
This is a promise which is an anchor for the soul. Old things must go. There comes a time when you see that those things from your old life are standing in the way of that which God desires to do in your life now.
You don’t want those things anymore and you say to them, “Be gone out of my life! I don’t want that anymore. I want that which God is making new in my life!

A. God will do something altogether new

Verses 42:8-9, “I am the Lord, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, nor My praise to graven images. Behold, the former things have come to pass, now I declare new things; before they spring forth, I declare them to you.”
Verse 42:10 –Sing to the Lord a new song, sing His praise from the end of the earth!
God declares the end from the beginning and from ancient times things which have not been. Saying, “My purpose will be established, and I will accomplish My good pleasure.”
God says, “Remember the former things long past… I am God, and there is no one like Me.”
In other words, “Look back, and see what glorious things I have done for you in the past. Can the so-called gods of the earth do that? But not only have I done glorious things for you in the past, I will do something new.”
For Israel, it meant raising up a deliverer who would defeat Babylon and make a way for them to rebuild and restore Jerusalem and the holy Temple after 70 long years of waiting.
For a believer in Jesus Christ, it means that the old things passed away and that He is doing a new work of rebuilding and restoring your life as a beautiful work in the soul.

B. You will see what you did not see before

Verses 42:6 – “I will send My Servant… I will appoint Him as a covenant to the people, as a light to the nations, to open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the dungeon, and those who dwell in darkness from the prison. I am the Lord, that is my name; I will not give My glory to another.”
He opens eyes that were blind.
Blindness is the one disability that many people fear most. They would rather lose their hearing or their ability to speak or walk rather than lose the ability to see because there is something fearful about being cast into darkness.
One of Helen Keller’s most famous quotes gives even greater insight. She said, “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”
In other words, those who refuse to see are more blind than those who cannot see.
There is another saying that captures this truth very powerfully, “There is none so blind as he who refuses to see.”
When you see the beautiful glory of God and all that He has done for you in Christ, you can see your sin in all its ugliness. He opens eyes that are blind!

Illus – As Jesus was near Jericho, a blind man sitting by the road heard the commotion… “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

There are times when you need to ask. You need to say that which you want God to do for you.

Illus – The glasses that give color to the color-blind.

C. This is personal to God

Verses 43:1-7 – But now, thus says the Lord, your creator, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel…”
It’s a poetic turnabout. He was mocking the whole idea that someone could fashion a god from the trunk of a tree. A craftsman overlays it with gold and then must fasten it with nails that it should not totter.
Verse 42:8 – “I am the Lord, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, nor My praise to graven images.”
But then He makes it personal…
Verse 43:1-7 – “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine! When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, nor with the flame burn you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior…”
You are precious in My sight, you are honored, and I love you…

Isaiah 41 to 43 NASB

41 ¹“Coastlands, listen to Me in silence,
And let the peoples gain new strength;
Let them come forward, then let them speak;
Let us come together for judgment.
²“Who has aroused one from the east
Whom He calls in righteousness to His feet?
He delivers up nations before him
And subdues kings.
He makes them like dust with his sword,
As the wind-driven chaff with his bow.
³“He pursues them, passing on in safety,
By a way he had not been traversing with his feet.
⁴“Who has performed and accomplished it,
Calling forth the generations from the beginning?
‘I, the Lord, am the first, and with the last. I am He.’”

⁵The coastlands have seen and are afraid;
The ends of the earth tremble;
They have drawn near and have come.
⁶Each one helps his neighbor
And says to his brother, “Be strong!”
⁷So the craftsman encourages the smelter,
And he who smooths metal with the hammer encourages him who beats the anvil,
Saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
And he fastens it with nails,
So that it will not totter.
⁸“But you, Israel, My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
Descendant of Abraham My friend,
⁹You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,
And called from its remotest parts
And said to you, ‘You are My servant,
I have chosen you and not rejected you.
¹⁰‘Do not fear, for I am with you;
Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, surely I will help you,
Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
¹¹“Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored;
Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.
¹²“You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them,
Those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent.
¹³“For I am the Lord your God, who upholds your right hand,
Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’
¹⁴“Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel;
I will help you,” declares the Lord, “and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
¹⁵“Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges;
You will thresh the mountains and pulverize them,
And will make the hills like chaff.
¹⁶“You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away,
And the storm will scatter them;
But you will rejoice in the Lord,
You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁷“The afflicted and needy are seeking water, but there is none,
And their tongue is parched with thirst;
I, the Lord, will answer them Myself,
As the God of Israel I will not forsake them.
¹⁸“I will open rivers on the bare heights
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water
And the dry land fountains of water.
¹⁹“I will put the cedar in the wilderness,
The acacia and the myrtle and the olive tree;
I will place the juniper in the desert
Together with the box tree and the cypress,
²⁰That they may see and recognize,
And consider and gain insight as well,
That the hand of the Lord has done this,
And the Holy One of Israel has created it.

²¹“Present your case,” the Lord says.
“Bring forward your strong arguments,”
The King of Jacob says.
²²Let them bring forth and declare to us what is going to take place;
As for the former events, declare what they were,
That we may consider them and know their outcome.
Or announce to us what is coming;
²³Declare the things that are going to come afterward,
That we may know that you are gods;
Indeed, do good or evil, that we may anxiously look about us and fear together.
²⁴Behold, you are of no account,
And your work amounts to nothing;
He who chooses you is an abomination.

²⁵“I have aroused one from the north, and he has come;
From the rising of the sun he will call on My name;
And he will come upon rulers as upon mortar,
Even as the potter treads clay.”
²⁶Who has declared this from the beginning, that we might know?
Or from former times, that we may say, “He is right!”?
Surely there was no one who declared,
Surely there was no one who proclaimed,
Surely there was no one who heard your words.
²⁷“Formerly I said to Zion, ‘Behold, here they are.’
And to Jerusalem, ‘I will give a messenger of good news.’
²⁸“But when I look, there is no one,
And there is no counselor among them
Who, if I ask, can give an answer.
²⁹“Behold, all of them are false;
Their works are worthless,
Their molten images are wind and emptiness.

42 ¹“Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold;
My chosen one in whom My soul delights.
I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the nations.
²“He will not cry out or raise His voice,
Nor make His voice heard in the street.
³“A bruised reed He will not break
And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish;
He will faithfully bring forth justice.
⁴“He will not be disheartened or crushed
Until He has established justice in the earth;
And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law.”

⁵Thus says God the Lord,

Who created the heavens and stretched them out,
Who spread out the earth and its offspring,
Who gives breath to the people on it
And spirit to those who walk in it,
⁶“I am the Lord, I have called You in righteousness,
I will also hold You by the hand and watch over You,
And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people,
As a light to the nations,
⁷To open blind eyes,
To bring out prisoners from the dungeon
And those who dwell in darkness from the prison.
⁸“I am the Lord, that is My name;
I will not give My glory to another,
Nor My praise to graven images.
⁹“Behold, the former things have come to pass,
Now I declare new things;
Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

¹⁰Sing to the Lord a new song,
Sing His praise from the end of the earth!
You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it.
You islands, and those who dwell on them.
¹¹Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices,
The settlements where Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing aloud,
Let them shout for joy from the tops of the mountains.
¹²Let them give glory to the Lord
And declare His praise in the coastlands.
¹³The Lord will go forth like a warrior,
He will arouse His zeal like a man of war.
He will utter a shout, yes, He will raise a war cry.
He will prevail against His enemies.

¹⁴“I have kept silent for a long time,
I have kept still and restrained Myself.
Now like a woman in labor I will groan,
I will both gasp and pant.
¹⁵“I will lay waste the mountains and hills
And wither all their vegetation;
I will make the rivers into coastlands
And dry up the ponds.
¹⁶“I will lead the blind by a way they do not know,
In paths they do not know I will guide them.
I will make darkness into light before them
And rugged places into plains.
These are the things I will do,
And I will not leave them undone.”
¹⁷They will be turned back and be utterly put to shame,
Who trust in idols,
Who say to molten images,
“You are our gods.”

¹⁸Hear, you deaf!
And look, you blind, that you may see.
¹⁹Who is blind but My servant,
Or so deaf as My messenger whom I send?
Who is so blind as he that is at peace with Me,
Or so blind as the servant of the Lord?
²⁰You have seen many things, but you do not observe them;
Your ears are open, but none hears.
²¹The Lord was pleased for His righteousness’ sake
To make the law great and glorious.
²²But this is a people plundered and despoiled;
All of them are trapped in caves,
Or are hidden away in prisons;
They have become a prey with none to deliver them,
And a spoil, with none to say, “Give them back!”

²³Who among you will give ear to this?
Who will give heed and listen hereafter?
²⁴Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to plunderers?
Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned,
And in whose ways they were not willing to walk,
And whose law they did not obey?
²⁵So He poured out on him the heat of His anger
And the fierceness of battle;
And it set him aflame all around,
Yet he did not recognize it;
And it burned him, but he paid no attention.

43 ¹But now, thus says the Lord, your Creator, O Jacob,
And He who formed you, O Israel,
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name; you are Mine!
²“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they will not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched,
Nor will the flame burn you.
³“For I am the Lord your God,
The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
I have given Egypt as your ransom,
Cush and Seba in your place.
⁴“Since you are precious in My sight,
Since you are honored and I love you,
I will give other men in your place and other peoples in exchange for your life.
⁵“Do not fear, for I am with you;
I will bring your offspring from the east,
And gather you from the west.
⁶“I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’
And to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’
Bring My sons from afar
And My daughters from the ends of the earth,
⁷Everyone who is called by My name,
And whom I have created for My glory,
Whom I have formed, even whom I have made.”

⁸Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes,
And the deaf, even though they have ears.
⁹All the nations have gathered together
So that the peoples may be assembled.
Who among them can declare this
And proclaim to us the former things?
Let them present their witnesses that they may be justified,
Or let them hear and say, “It is true.”
¹⁰“You are My witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“And My servant whom I have chosen,
So that you may know and believe Me
And understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed,
And there will be none after Me.
¹¹“I, even I, am the Lord,
And there is no savior besides Me.
¹²“It is I who have declared and saved and proclaimed,
And there was no strange god among you;
So you are My witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“And I am God.
¹³“Even from eternity I am He,
And there is none who can deliver out of My hand;
I act and who can reverse it?”

Babylon to Be Destroyed

¹⁴Thus says the Lord your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,

“For your sake I have sent to Babylon,
And will bring them all down as fugitives,
Even the Chaldeans, into the ships in which they rejoice.
¹⁵“I am the Lord, your Holy One,
The Creator of Israel, your King.”

¹⁶Thus says the Lord,

Who makes a way through the sea
And a path through the mighty waters,
¹⁷Who brings forth the chariot and the horse,
The army and the mighty man
(They will lie down together and not rise again;
They have been quenched and extinguished like a wick):
¹⁸“Do not call to mind the former things,
Or ponder things of the past.
¹⁹“Behold, I will do something new,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.
²⁰“The beasts of the field will glorify Me,
The jackals and the ostriches,
Because I have given waters in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert,
To give drink to My chosen people.
²¹“The people whom I formed for Myself
Will declare My praise.

²²“Yet you have not called on Me, O Jacob;
But you have become weary of Me, O Israel.
²³“You have not brought to Me the sheep of your burnt offerings,
Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings,
Nor wearied you with incense.
²⁴“You have bought Me not sweet cane with money,
Nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices;
Rather you have burdened Me with your sins,
You have wearied Me with your iniquities.

²⁵“I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake,
And I will not remember your sins.
²⁶“Put Me in remembrance, let us argue our case together;
State your cause, that you may be proved right.
²⁷“Your first forefather sinned,
And your spokesmen have transgressed against Me.
²⁸“So I will pollute the princes of the sanctuary,
And I will consign Jacob to the ban and Israel to revilement.

Promesas que cumplir
Isaías 41 al 43
26-27 de julio de 2025

Estamos en una nueva sección de Isaías que comenzó en el capítulo 40. El tema es la restauración de la esperanza. En los capítulos previos a esto, Isaías les advirtió que Babilonia se levantaría como el próximo gran imperio que reinaría aterrorizado sobre ellos.

El rey de Babilonia había oído hablar de Ezequías, de cómo el ejército asirio murió misteriosamente fuera de los muros de Jerusalén, de cómo el propio Ezequías casi muere de una grave enfermedad, pero luego fue sanado; por lo tanto, el rey de Babilonia envió emisarios con regalos y cumplidos.

A Ezequías le encantaban los regalos y los cumplidos y, en su orgullo, mostró a los emisarios de Babilonia todas las riquezas que había acumulado y todos los tesoros que le habían sido otorgados.

Entonces Isaías se acercó a Ezequías y le dijo: “¿Quiénes eran esas personas? ¿De dónde vinieron a ti? ¿Qué te dijeron? ¿Y qué han visto en tu casa?” Ezequías respondió: “Han visto todo lo que hay en mi casa; no hay nada entre mis tesoros que no les haya mostrado”.

Isaías respondió ominosamente: “He aquí, vienen días en que todo lo que hay en tu casa, y todo lo que tus padres han guardado hasta el día de hoy, será llevado a Babilonia; no quedará nada. Incluso tus propios hijos servirán en el palacio del rey de Babilonia”.

Isaías estaba prediciendo la destrucción de Jerusalén a manos del imperio babilónico. Destruirían Jerusalén y los llevarían cautivos para vivir en Babilonia en el exilio durante 70 largos años. Esa es la historia de fondo de esta sección de Isaías.

Isaías escribió una palabra profética de esperanza y de restauración a Israel. Cuando se encuentren con esos problemas que les sobrevendrán, necesitarán estas palabras para fortalecer su fe, para recordarles la grandeza de Dios y el amor implacable de Dios por ellos.

Estos capítulos están llenos de promesas a las que tendrán que aferrarse en la tormenta de problemas que se avecinan. Los problemas crean dudas y miedo y sacuden tu vida hasta la médula. En problemas y tormentas, necesitas promesas a las que aferrarte. Las promesas de Dios se convierten en anclas en la tormenta. Estas promesas fortalecen la fe, fe que necesitarás para mantenerte firme en las promesas de Cristo tu Salvador.

La fe es la seguridad de las cosas esperadas, y la convicción de las cosas que no se ven. Hay diferentes tipos de esperanza. Las personas a menudo usan la palabra esperanza para expresar esperanza en cosas de las que no están seguros; esperan pescar; esperan que el mercado de valores suba, esperan que el gobierno gaste su dinero sabiamente.

La esperanza edificada sobre las promesas de Dios tiene un significado completamente diferente. Significa que tienes una roca sobre la que puedes pararte…

Hebreos 6:17-19 Nueva Biblia de las Américas

17 Por lo cual[a] Dios, deseando mostrar más plenamente a los herederos de la promesa la inmutabilidad de Su propósito, interpuso un juramento,

18 a fin de que por dos cosas inmutables, en las cuales es imposible que Dios mienta, los que hemos buscado refugio seamos grandemente animados para asirnos de la esperanza puesta delante de nosotros.

19 Tenemos como ancla del alma, una esperanza segura y firme, y que penetra hasta detrás del velo.

En el capítulo 41, les recuerda que fortalecerá a los que esperan en Él. En su problema, algunos dirán que Dios los ha abandonado, que Dios los ha olvidado. Pero Él les recuerda que esperen, que esperen con la esperanza de que Dios nunca los olvida… “He aquí, nunca te olvidaré. Te he inscrito en las palmas de mis manos”. Las promesas de Dios son el ancla del alma que necesitarás en cada vendaval tormentoso.

Dios está contigo en la tormenta

Esta es una de las mayores promesas que se encuentran en toda la Escritura; que Dios está contigo. La presencia de Dios lo cambia todo. Es la clave para entender la fe; es la sustancia misma de tener confianza en Dios.
Ves ese gran tema repetido una y otra vez en la Biblia. Cuando Israel escapó de la esclavitud y la opresión de Egipto, cuando estaban en el monte Sinaí, Dios le dijo a Moisés que llevara al pueblo de allí a la tierra prometida, pero que Él mismo no iría con ellos porque eran un pueblo obstinado y obstinado, Moisés respondió: “Si no vas con nosotros, no vamos a ir a ninguna parte”. Sabía que la presencia de Dios lo cambia todo.
La presencia de Dios es la respuesta al miedo…

Salmo 23:4, Aunque ande en el valle de sombra de muerte, no temo ningún mal, porque Tú estás conmigo.

Versículo 10 – “No temas, porque yo estoy contigo…
Estas palabras han animado a muchos que han caminado por un valle de profunda oscuridad, un valle de profunda angustia, sí, el valle de sombra de muerte. No temeré, porque la presencia de Dios está conmigo.

La fe es la respuesta a la ansiedad

Versículo 10 – “No miréis a vuestro alrededor, porque yo soy vuestro Dios. Te fortaleceré, ciertamente te ayudaré, ciertamente te sostendré con Mi diestra justa”.
El miedo es lo opuesto a la fe y el miedo produce ansiedad. Fue cierto para Israel en sus problemas con Babilonia y es cierto hoy.
Hay mucho por lo que estar ansioso en este mundo. Las noticias están llenas de tragedias; el mundo se está volviendo más peligroso cada día. La guerra en Ucrania parece no tener fin, el conflicto entre Israel y Hamas continúa sin un alto al fuego, la deuda nacional sigue aumentando. China es una amenaza creciente para todo el mundo occidental.
La palabra “ansioso” a menudo se usa incorrectamente. Muchas personas dicen: “Estoy ansioso por ver a mi amigo mañana”, lo que quieren decir, sin embargo, es que está deseoso de ver a su amigo.
Estar ansioso es preocuparse o inquietarse y se basa en el miedo a lo desconocido. ‘¿Y si esto sucediera?’ o ‘¿Y si eso sucediera?’ … Y debido a que podría suceder, se preocupan como si fuera a

Mateo 10:29-31 Nueva Biblia de las Américas

29 ¿No se venden dos pajarillos[a]por una monedita? Y sin embargo, ni uno de ellos caerá a tierra sin permitirlo el Padre. 30 Y hasta los cabellos de la cabeza de ustedes están todos contados. 31 Así que no teman; ustedes valen más que muchos pajarillos.

Lucas 12:25-26 – Nueva Biblia de las Américas

25 ¿Quién de ustedes, por ansioso que esté, puede añadir una horaal curso de su vida? 26 Si ustedes, pues, no pueden hacer algo tan pequeño, ¿por qué se preocupan por lo demás?

Illus: Hay muchas fobias que son comunes a muchas personas y algunas que son algo poco comunes. Existe la claustrofobia, el miedo a los espacios cerrados, o aracnofobia, el miedo a las arañas, la agorafobia (ver nota abajo), el miedo a salir en público, también hay fobias inusuales como la ergofobia (ver nota abajo), el miedo al trabajo. Existe la phronemofobia, el miedo a pensar; la penterafobia, el miedo a la suegra; la euforbia, el miedo a las buenas noticias; y mi favorita, la fobofobia, el miedo al miedo mismo.

Nota: La agorafobia es un trastorno de ansiedad caracterizado por el miedo a situaciones en las que podría ser difícil escapar o no se dispone de ayuda, lo que a menudo lleva a evitar los espacios públicos. (https://www.mayoclinic.org/)

Nota: La ergofobia, también conocida como ergasiophobia o aversión al trabajo, se describe como un miedo irracional, extremo y debilitante asociado al trabajo. Este miedo no es simplemente el temor habitual al trabajo después de un fin de semana o unas vacaciones, sino un miedo persistente y grave que puede afectar significativamente a la vida de una persona. (https://www.mayoclinic.org/)

“No se preocupen por nada”, escribió Pablo. Muchas personas están prisioneras del miedo, pero ese no es el corazón de Dios para ti. La fe es la respuesta al miedo.
La fe dice: “Pase lo que pase en mi vida, sé que Dios estará conmigo, cuidándome y caminando conmigo a través de todo”.
En otras palabras, pase lo que pase, sé que puedo confiar en Dios. No sé lo que depara el mañana, pero sé quién depara el mañana.

2 Timoteo 1:7, Dios no nos ha dado espíritu de cobardía, sino de poder, de amor y de dominio propio.

Dios nos dio un Espíritu de poder y amor y, lo más importante… una mente sana. La fe es la seguridad de lo que sabes acerca de Dios y de que Él es la respuesta a lo que podría salir mal en tu vida.

2 Timoteo 1:12 Nueva Biblia de las Américas

12 Por lo cual también sufro estas cosas, pero no me avergüenzo. Porque yo sé en quién he creído, y estoy convencido de que Él es poderoso para guardar mi depósito hasta aquel día.

La ayuda está en camino

Versículos 42:1-8 – Esta es la promesa de enviar a su Mesías, el elegido de Dios en quien se deleita su alma. Dios pondría Su Espíritu sobre Él. Y Él será tu ayuda.
Noten el corazón que tendrá el Mesías de Israel…
Versículo 3 – “No quebrará la caña quebrada; una mecha encendida no extinguirá…”
El profeta Zacarías profetizó que su Mesías rey vendría a ellos, manso y montado en el pollino de un burro, una bestia de carga. En la promesa, ves el corazón de Dios para llevar nuestras cargas.

Mateo 11:29-30, “Tomad mi yugo sobre vosotros, y aprended de mí, porque soy manso y humilde de corazón, y hallaréis descanso para vuestras almas. Porque mi yugo es fácil y ligera mi carga”.

Mateo 12:20-21, “No quebrará la caña maltratada, ni apagará la mecha que humea, hasta que lleve la justicia a la victoria. Y en su nombre los gentiles esperarán”.

Dios quiere que estés convencido del corazón de Dios por ti, que Él te trata con delicadeza. Que sus misericordias son nuevas cada mañana.

Cantarás una nueva canción

Versículo 42:9-10 – “Ahora declaro cosas nuevas; antes de que broten, te lo anuncio”. Cantad al Señor un cántico nuevo, cantad su alabanza desde los confines de la tierra… Que griten de alegría desde las cumbres de las montañas. Que den gloria al Señor.

Esta es una promesa que es un ancla para el alma. Las cosas viejas deben desaparecer. Llega un momento en que ves que esas cosas de tu antigua vida se interponen en el camino de lo que Dios desea hacer en tu vida ahora.

Ya no quieres esas cosas y les dices: “¡Fuera de mi vida! Ya no quiero eso. ¡Quiero lo que Dios está haciendo nuevo en mi vida!

Dios hará algo completamente nuevo

Versículos 42:8-9, “Yo soy el Señor, ese es mi nombre; No daré mi gloria a otro, ni mi alabanza a imágenes talladas. He aquí, las primeras cosas han sucedido, ahora declaro cosas nuevas; antes de que broten, te lo declaro”.
Versículo 42:10 –¡Cantad al Señor un cántico nuevo, cantad su alabanza desde los confines de la tierra!
Dios declara el fin desde el principio y desde la antigüedad cosas que no han ocurrido todavía. Diciendo: “Mi propósito será establecido, y cumpliré mi buena voluntad”.
Dios dice: “Acuérdate de las cosas pasadas hace mucho tiempo… Yo soy Dios, y no hay nadie como Yo”.
En otras palabras, “Mira hacia atrás y mira qué cosas gloriosas he hecho por ti en el pasado. ¿Pueden los llamados dioses de la tierra hacer eso? Pero no solo he hecho cosas gloriosas por ti en el pasado, sino que haré algo nuevo”.
Para Israel, significaba levantar un libertador que derrotara a Babilonia y abriera un camino para que reconstruyeran y restauraran a Jerusalén y el Templo sagrado después de 70 largos años de espera.
Para un creyente en Jesucristo, significa que las cosas viejas pasaron y que Él está haciendo una nueva obra de reconstrucción y restauración de su vida como una hermosa obra en el alma.

Verás lo que antes no veías

Versículos 42:6 – “Enviaré a mi siervo… Lo pondré como pacto con el pueblo, como luz para las naciones, para abrir los ojos de los ciegos, para sacar de la cárcel a los presos y de la cárcel a los que habitan en tinieblas. Yo soy el Señor, ese es mi nombre; No daré mi gloria a otro”.
Abre los ojos que estaban ciegos.
La ceguera es la discapacidad que más temen muchas personas. Prefieren perder su audición o su capacidad de hablar o caminar en lugar de perder la capacidad de ver porque hay algo aterrador en ser arrojados a la oscuridad.
Una de las citas más famosas de Helen Keller da una visión aún mayor. Ella dijo: “Lo único peor que ser ciego es tener vista pero no visión”.
En otras palabras, los que se niegan a ver son más ciegos que los que no pueden ver.
Hay otro dicho que capta esta verdad con mucha fuerza: “No hay nadie tan ciego como el que se niega a ver”.
Cuando ves la hermosa gloria de Dios y todo lo que Él ha hecho por ti en Cristo, puedes ver tu pecado en toda su fealdad. ¡Abre los ojos ciegos!

Illus – Cuando Jesús estaba cerca de Jericó, un ciego sentado junto al camino escuchó la conmoción… “¡Jesús, Hijo de David, ten piedad de mí!”

Hay momentos en los que necesitas preguntar. Necesitas decir lo que quieres que Dios haga por ti.

Illus – Las gafas que dan color a los daltónicos (que tienen deficiencia en la visión de los colores.)

Esto es personal para Dios

43:1-7 – Pero ahora, así dice el Señor, tu creador, oh Jacob, y el que te formó, oh Israel…”
Es un giro poético. Se burlaba de la idea de que alguien pudiera formar un dios a partir del tronco de un árbol. Un artesano lo cubre con oro y luego debe sujetarlo con clavos para que no se tambalee.
Versículo 42:8 – “Yo soy el Señor, ese es mi nombre; No daré mi gloria a otro, ni mi alabanza a imágenes talladas”.
Pero luego lo hace personal…
Versículo 43:1-7 – “No temas, porque yo te he redimido; Te he llamado por tu nombre; ¡Eres mío! Cuando pases por las aguas, yo estaré contigo, y por los ríos, no te inundarán. Cuando camines por el fuego, no te quemarás, ni con la llama te quemarás. Porque yo soy el Señor tu Dios, el Santo de Israel, tu Salvador…”
Eres precioso a Mis ojos, eres honrado y te amo…

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