The
Ransomed Will Return
“The ransomed of the Lord will
return. They will enter Zion with
singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads, gladness and joy will overtake
them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”
Isa. 51:11
Redeemed, rescued, delivered, and
ransomed – these are the people of the Lord.
The implication is we are in trouble and have need of rescue, which is
accurate. We were such a people before
we had an encounter with Jesus and were able to believe with our hearts and
confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord.
God sent Jesus so that we who were lost
could be found. We could be
ransomed. We can return as a new
creation in Christ Jesus and we return with singing and great rejoicing over
what the Lord has done for us. We return
with joy that is everlasting – it cannot be taken from us; we can only
surrender it. When we think about who
Jesus is and what Jesus has done on our behalf, gladness and joy overtake us,
just like it did for the Israelites who were being ransomed. The time of sorrow and sighing has passed,
for a new time and a new day has dawned.
As we have expressed before, this does
not mean that as followers of Jesus we won’t experience pain or suffering. In fact there will be days of great trial and
suffering because we walk with our Lord.
The difference is that we are different and we no longer walk
alone. Now we walk with Him.
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