Sat 16May09: Isaiah 50: 10 - 11 NRSV
But all of you are kindlers of fire, lighters of firebrands, . . . you shall lie down in torment. v11
A reminder tonight that we should be on guard against going along carelessly with our whims and fancies, including what "seems good in our eyes". The warning is stern here, that if we kindle our own fires and light our own firebrands instead of trusting in the name of the LORD and relying on His name, then we shall receive from his own hand a tormenting end.
Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant, who walks in darkness and has no light, yet trusts in the name of the LORD and relies upon his God? v10
Perhaps, to the prophet Isaiah, a person of such unwavering faith seemed hard to come by. Let us learn likewise not to waver in our faith, even when in times when we journey through darkness and have no light.
