Isaiah 12

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Isaiah 12

I want to quote this whole (short) chapter.  It will be forever incorporated into my already elaborate understanding of the Woman at the Well.

I think this is what Jesus was referencing when He made it sound like she should already know what He was talking about with the waters of salvation or living waters.

“1 On that day you will say

I give you thanks, O Lord;

Though you have been angry with me,

Your anger has abated, and you have consoled me.”

That’s precisely what she found, to the enormous relief and blessing in her life.  That the Son of God was treating her as a beloved child of God, that any anger God felt at her actions was abated, and she was taken under Jesus’s wing.  And I think this is how she must have felt afterward:

“2 God indeed is my savior,

I am confident and unafraid

My strength and my courage is the Lord,

And he has been my savior.”

And then the direct reference:

“3 With joy you will draw water

at the fountain of salvation 4 and say on that day

Give thanks to the Lord, acclaim his name,

Among the nations make known his deeds,

Proclaim how exalted is his name.”

Whici is certainly what she ran off to do.

Just to finish up:

“5 Sing praise to the Lord for his glorious achievement,

let this be known throughout all the earth.

6 Shout with exultation, O city of Zion,

for great in your midst

is the Holy One of Israel.”