Isaiah 35

Joy of the Redeemed
1 The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, 2 it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

Nature will recover and rejoice! The glory of God will be seen.

3 Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way;
4 say to those with fearful hearts, "Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you."

From a picture of judgement, it transits to God saying to the guilty, the weak, "Be strong. Because I have come. It is time when I exact my judgement on the ones whom have hurt you."

Principle: God will deal with the wicked in His time. Because we rely on God, though we are weak, in Him we are strong.

5 Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

People will see acknowledge God and His Word.

6 Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
7 The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs. In the haunts where jackals once lay, grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.
8 And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it. [a]

Again a picture of recovery, rejuvenation. And there will be a highway where only those who walk in God's way can enter.

Have we ensured that we have an entrance ticket to walk on this highway? Or are we thinking we have access but actually not? Acknowledge God, acknowledge His Word.

9 No lion will be there, nor will any ferocious beast get up on it; they will not be found there. But only the redeemed will walk there,

Only the redeemed, the people who have been redeemed by the redeemer, Jesus Christ, will walk on this highway.

10 and the ransomed of the LORD will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Ransomed. We are ransomed by God. The price paid? Jesus Christ. A picture of heaven, singing, everlasting joy will envelope us, and no more sorrow and sighing. Every tear will be wiped away.