You Keep Him in Perfect Peace. Isa 26:1-10
II. THE BURDENS OF THE NATIONS, Isaiah 13-27
World-Judgment and the Redemption of Judah, Isaiah 24-27
23. What foundation must underlie perfect peace of soul?
YOU KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; He sets up salvation as walls and ramparts.
“Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter, The one that remains faithful and trustworthy.
“You will keep in perfect and constant peace the one whose mind is steadfast [that is, committed and focused on You–in both inclination and character], Because he trusts and takes refuge in You [with hope and confident expectation].
“Trust [confidently] in the LORD forever [He is your fortress, your shield, your banner], For the LORD GOD is an everlasting Rock [the Rock of Ages].
“For He has thrown down the [arrogant] ones who dwell on high, the lofty and inaccessible city; He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He hurls it to the dust.
“The foot will trample it, Even the feet of the suffering, and the steps of the helpless.”
The way of the righteous [those in right-standing with God–living in moral and spiritual integrity] is smooth and level; O Upright One, make a level path for the just and righteous.
Indeed, in the path of Your judgments, O LORD, We have waited expectantly for You; Your name, even Your memory, is the desire and deep longing of our souls.
In the night my soul longs for You [O LORD], Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently; For [only] when Your judgments are experienced on the earth Will the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Though the wicked is shown compassion and favor, He does not learn righteousness; In the land of uprightness he deals unjustly, And refuses to see the majesty of the LORD.
23. What foundation must underlie perfect peace of soul?
PEACE THROUGH STEADFAST TRUST
No doubt when Babylon fell before Cyrus the Jewish remnant under Ezra and Nehemiah sang this triumphal ode, which contrasts the respective lots of Babylon and Jerusalem. The one is the city of this world and its children; the other the city and home of the saints. The fate of Babylon is delineated in Isa_26:5-6; but with what glowing words does the prophet dwell on the blessedness of those who are fellow-citizens with the saints and of the household of God, Eph_2:19. Note in Isa_26:3, margin, one of God’s double doors against the intrusion on the soul of a single note of alarm or fear. God is the Rock of Ages, Isa_26:4, margin. Our trust should be permanent as His love-forever. The weakest foot may trample on the proudest foe, when God has laid him in the dust. God levels the path of the just. However difficult your path, dare to believe that you are being directed in righteousness God cannot make mistakes. Any other path would be impracticable. Only nurse the desires of your soul for God; they are the result of the promptings and drawings of His Spirit.
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