Isaiah 12:3-6 – The Source of Song and Joy
What is this well? What is the water that’s being talked about? This is speaking of Jesus Christ. In John 4 Jesus tells the Samaritan woman that He Himself is the living water. Just as a never failing well. Jesus supplies all our needs, our very physical needs, as well as our spiritual needs. He gives us all that we need for life and for godliness. He brings refreshment to us. He brings renewal.
Jesus, being the never-failing source of our joy, brings forth from our heart a joyful song. In these verses we have praise for God’s doings in Jesus Christ. As we look at Christ’s doings, the great salvation that He has wrought, at the transformation that He is bringing throughout the earth, we see that His glorious works exalt His name. More and more, He is being shown to be the glorious king over all things. We give thanks for his wonderful deeds and glorify him.
There is not only thanks in these verses for the wonderful things that Christ has done, but also praise for who Jesus is. Even as we who are believers love what Jesus has done for us, most of all we love His Person. He is strong and wise, for He has done great things among the nations. He’s glorious. He is the transcendent creator of all things. He is a person of the triune God. He is beyond us, yet he is with us. He is righteous and holy. He is gracious and forgiving.
Jesus is working among the nations, bringing people slowly but surely to Himself. How does He bring the nations to Himself? It’s through the preaching of the Gospel to the nations. But it is also through you witnessing to Christ by your life and words. God will use your witness, perhaps alone or perhaps with others, to bring people to Himself who have been chosen by Him, who’ve been loved by Him before time, for whom Christ died. They will come. There will be those to whom you will speak of the hope that is within you that will come. It’s guaranteed sometime, somewhere, somehow, God will use you to save an everlasting soul and to save them utterly, completely for His glory.
Questions
- Who is the well of our salvation?
- How does Jesus bring the nations to Himself?
Prayer Points
- Pray that God would bring those you know to faith in Him for His glory.
- Use prayer points from your congregation.
- Pray for family matters.