Day 92 – December 29, 2023: Isaiah 40-43 and Matthew 10-11

We once again find in the Isaiah Scriptures some of the best known and most used Scriptures. Let’s look at a few of them. Turn your attention to 40:28-31 which is used consistently in funerals to remind us that with the power of the Lord even those whom society and culture have discounted: the elderly, the weak, the feeble, God can transform them for his purposes and give them their strength back. It is a great reminder of both the resurrection and the way in which God is able to transform our present if we would just let Him.

I guess that is good enough for Isaiah. In Matthew we find Jesus who has solidified his disciple core and then immediately sends them out two by two. He has some really nice words to say about John the Baptist as well. Don’t forge that they are relatives and so it makes sense that the one who came announcing the arrival of the son of man is then praised by the son of man himself.