Isaiah 40: 11He gathers the lambs in
his arms and carries them close to his heart.
Isaiah is teaching on the loving and protective nature of God
our Father. He makes a simple analogy to that of a loving shepherd who loves
the sheep and the lambs. Little lambs are very cute and it’s a natural response
for the shepherd to pick up one of these and to lovingly cuddle them.
Like little babies that are cute and cuddly, every parent or
adult would want to carry the baby to love and cuddle. The adult will feel
happy upon carrying the baby who in turn feels loved and safe in the arms of
the adult or parent.
God is giving the assurance to His people through the prophet
Isaiah that He would personally be their shepherd, tending to their safety and
needs. He would be speaking to them in gentleness and love just as a good
shepherd would do the same for His flock, He would also hold and cuddle the
yang lamb close to His heart to comfort it.
At times, we the people of God would have to go through
challenges in life; there may be testing and storms that would buffet us. I
have seen many of the people in church that are going through challenges of
sicknesses, poverty, and emotional stress and so on. Many have to go to
hospitals to receive treatment for their sickness and others have also to take
medication and consultation fro the stress and depression that they are going
through.
It was the same in the days of Isaiah but God had heard their
cries and have seen their needs and He now declared through Isaiah that He
would not neglect them or desert them. Instead, God reminded them that He is
their Good Shepherd and would tend to their emotional wounds and their health.
He would look into their welfare and their needs.
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