Keith's Messages

I will not be saying too much tonight. I do want to encourage us with a well known, oft quoted text. Isaiah 54: 1-3: “Sing, barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the Lord. 2  “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. 3  For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities. This is one of the most famous verses in the Bible, usually associated with building projects. But there is something here for us. When Isaiah prophecies this the children of Israel were captives in Babylon. The circumstances were not ideal. It comes directly after the prophecy of the suffering servant, about Jesus on Isaiah 53. Things were not going well for them. They felt barren, suppressed,