Praise God with high exaltation
He is our strength and salvation
Stability in these dark days
We wait and trust your gracious ways
Fear God who reigns in holiness
Come walk with Him in righteousness
Do what is good – speak uprightly
Guard what you hear and what you see
Praise God – holy, holy, holy
We’ll see our King in his beauty
He will protect, he will provide
Forgiven we’ll dwell by his side
– From a sermon on Isaiah 33
(To the tune of the “Doxology”)
In Isaiah 33, God reminds us that he is greater than all the things that come against us.
He Is Our Strength (v2) – He is our arm of strength for daily life. He gives us strength in the midst of those things that come against us. Indeed he gives us strength every morning. Each day there is a fresh supply of God’s mighty powerful strength to help us through our trials and struggles. He is our strength.
He Is Our Stability (v5-6) – He is the stability for our times – times of trouble, times of distress, times of difficulty. He is a sure foundation on which we can stand. He is a solid rock when the tempest blows all around us. He is exalted and dwells on high; he is not shaken by all that comes against us, and so we anchor ourselves to him. He is our stability.
He Is Our Salvation (v2-4, 6-12) – God not only gives us strength and stability in the midst of our trials, but in his perfect times he will save us from those trials. When God arises in our lives, all that comes against us scatters. He gobbles up the enemy. His judgment is like a great fire against all that comes against us. He is greater than those things that oppose us, and he will save us in his perfect time. He is our salvation.
And so we wait for him (v2). We don’t need to freak out about trials, threats, dangers, and struggles. We wait for Him with patience – resting in his strength and leaning on his stability. We wait for him with longing for the salvation that he will bring. This week, may we wait for Him who is greater than all that can come against us.
Brian J. Mikul 