55:3
In order to get this choice food we need to do two things. We need to listen to the Lord, and we need to go to the Lord. We need to listen so that we will live. If we refuse to listen then we will not, indeed cannot, receive from the Lord. Jesus often said, “let him who has ears to hear, listen”. If we come and listen to the Lord He will make an everlasting covenant with us. This covenant is based on the Lord’s love, and is founded on His promises to David.
55:4
“See I have made him ...” It seems most likely that this is a reference to the Messiah, or to the Lord’s Servant or Isaiah. He is a witness to the peoples, to the nations. And He is a ruler and commander. When we look at Jesus we need to see Him as a ruler and commander. Now, he did not come as a normal ruler and commander, but as a servant, but He is also the One who has been given power and authority over all things.
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