Isaiah 43:8 Lead out those who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf.
Scripture talks a lot about people who have eyes to see but don’t perceive, ears to hear but don’t understand. The feeling I always get from these verses (like Mark 4:12) is hopeless. They have the ability to perceive and understand but their hardened hearts won’t yield so that they can or will.
Isaiah 43:9 All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Which of their gods foretold this and proclaimed to us the former things? Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”
Verse 8 feels different to me. It seems to be talking about those who currently are closed off–blind and deaf to the truth of God–but who have potential, who can be made to understand. Verse 8 feels to me like a task: Lead them out, help them to see, to hear, to understand who I am.
Isaiah 43:10 “You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.
Lord, Thank You that I understand who You are and who You are to me. Help me to be Your witness, to speak of Your love, mercy, and glory to all who will listen. Amen.
Isaiah 43:11 I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior.
Have a blessed day.