This first part of Isaiah closes with further description of the effects of God's salvation. Again it opens with what will happen to wider creation. God created everything on the premise that mankind would have dominion over it (Genesis 1). When we sinned against God we lost the authority we were meant to have. When we are saved we start to regain that authority, and when Christ returns and the work is brought to completion all of creation will be as it should be.
So what are we to do in the meantime? Sit around waiting for the return of the Lord? No way. We have work to do. Whenever the Bible talks of the return of the Lord it is seen as an impetus for action today. So we are to strengthen the feeble hand. The prospect of the return of the Lord is an encouragement to work all the harder today. It is an assurance that we will overcome all obstacles and opposition. It is worth going on!
When he returns there will be miracles. The blind will see and the deaf will hear. Streams will flow in the desert. God's streams of refreshing will flow into all sorts of unlikely places. Note that these things happened when Jesus came the first time, and continue to happen through the work of the Spirit in the church.
There will be a highway. Remember Jesus said "I am the Way". It is a way of holiness. We need to walk along this way, then there will be great joy and we will see the victory of the Lord. When this happens all sorrow and pain will pass away.
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