Isaiah 42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known… I. OUR GLORIOUS LEADER "I will bring them," the Lord says, "I will lead them." In other places He tells us He has prepared a kingdom for us; here He tells us He will conduct us to it. But He does not accomplish this in His own person. In the beginning of this chapter, He introduces His dear Son to us as His servant, chosen by Him to bring to pass all His merciful designs concerning us. That dear Son therefore is become to us a Leader and Guide. "Behold, I have given Him" the Lord says elsewhere "for a witness to the people, a Leader and Commander to the people;" and St. Paul, when speaking of God as bringing His many sons unto glory, places immediately the Lord Jesus at their head, calling Him "the Captain of their salvation," at once their Saviour, their Ruler, and their Guide. Here is another proof then that Christ's appointed work was not ended when He had offered Himself for our sins. That was the beginning, rather than the end, of it. II. THOSE WHOM THE LORD IS LEADING. "The blind." III. THE ROAD ALONG WHICH THE LORD IS LEADING US. He speaks of it — 1. As new to us. 2. As dark or mysterious. IV. THE OCCASIONAL LIGHT AND RELIEF WHICH THE LORD PROMISES TO HIS PEOPLE IN THEIR WAY. "I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight." It is useless for us to attempt to do it. Nor must we look to our fellow-men to do it for us. Our help in this case, as in every other, cometh from the Lord. V. A PROMISE OF PERMANENCY AND UNCHANGEABLENESS IN JEHOVAH'S LOVE TO THE PEOPLE HE IS GUIDING. "These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them." The Lord speaks here like one who has fully made up His mind to do what He promises, knows He can do it, and is determined He will. (C. Bradley, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. |
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