"Comfort, Comfort, My people," says your God.
Speak tenderly to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry to her that her
time of service and her warfare are ended, that her punishment is
accepted and her iniquity pardoned, that she has received punishment
from the Lord's hand double for all her sins.
A voice of one who cries: Prepare in the wilderness the way of the Lord,
clear away the obstacles; make straight and smooth in the desert
a highway for our God!
Every valley shall be lifted and filled up, and every mountain and hill
shall be made low, and the crooked and uneven shall be made straight
and level, and the rough places a plain.
And the glory, majesty, and splendor of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.
A voice says, "Cry, prophesy! And I said, "What shall I cry?"
The voice answered, "Proclaim: All flesh is as frail as grass, and all
that makes it attractive-its kindness, its goodwill, its mercy from God,
its glory and comeliness, however good, is transitory,
like the flowers of the field.
The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord
blows upon it; surely all the people are like grass.
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
O you who bring good tidings to Zion, get up to the high mountain.
O you who bring good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with
strength, lift it up, be not afraid; say to the cities of Judah,
Behold, your God!
Behold, the Lord God will come with might, and His arm will rule for Him.
Behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.
(Isaiah 40:1-10)
"Wherever Christ comes, it is so. All things are right at His appearing,
and if the Lord do but manifest Himself to us tonight, each one,
we shall find the crooked things made straight.
We shall see the mountains of difficulty leveled, and the deep depressions
will be all filled up and there will be a causeway along which the Lord
triumphantly shall ride to display the greatness of His power.
There is nothing that shall hinder the coming of the Lord to us,
and when He comes, there is nothing that shall stand against Him.
-Charles Spurgeon
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