Sermon
Isaiah 40
Redemption Church - Twin Cities
Speaker: Drew Stevenson
December 21, 2025 · 31 min
Summary
Isaiah 40 reveals God as the King mighty to save through surprising comfort (His pardon despite exile), multifaceted greatness (tender shepherd and cosmic creator), and strange deliverance (strength through waiting rather than striving). The passage culminates in Jesus' incarnation and the Holy Spirit's empowerment for believers still living in exile, calling them to trust God's unsearchable ways through daily dependence.
Highlights
Counterintuitively, here's the surprising thing. Here's how God gets us to surrender, comfort. I didn't come to destroy you. I came that you would be saved.
Could it be that God's delay is by design? Could it be that God wants to save us through the exile of this life, not around it?
When you have eager anticipation and hope that God will come through for you in the future, here's the really interesting thing. The future becomes your present reality.