Isaiah 30:19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: you shall weep no more: he will be very gracious to you at the voice of your cry… I. THIS ASSURANCE IS PARTICULARLY SUITABLE TO CERTAIN CHARACTERS. 1. This is applicable and comfortable to all afflicted people. 2. To those who are troubled on account of sin. 3. To backsliders filled with their own ways, who are alarmed and distressed at their grievous departures from their God. 4. To all believers in Christ who are at all exercised in heart. II. THE ASSURANCE HERE GIVEN IS VERY FIRMLY BASED. The words of our text are no old wives' fable, they are not such a pretty tale as mothers sometimes tell their children, a story made to please them, but not actually true. What is the ground of this assurance? 1. The plain promise of God. 2. The gracious nature of God. 3. The prevalence of prayer. "He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry." 4. Personal testimony as to the result of faith in God and supplication to III. THE ASSURANCE OF THE TEXT BEING SO WELL CONFIRMED SHOULD BE PRACTICALLY ACCEPTED AT ONCE. 1. Let us renounce all earthborn confidences. 2. Refuse despair. 3. Try the power of prayer and childlike confidence in God. ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. |
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