Second Thursday of Advent – 11 December 2025
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Today’s Scripture
Isaiah 41:13-20 ESV
I, the LORD your God,
hold your right hand;
it is I who say to you, ‘Fear not,
I am the one who helps you.’
Fear not, you worm Jacob,
you men of Israel!
I am the one who helps you, declares the LORD;
your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge,
new, sharp, and having teeth;
you shall thresh the mountains and crush them,
and you shall make the hills like chaff;
you shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away,
and the tempest shall scatter them.
And you shall rejoice in the LORD;
in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.
When the poor and needy seek water,
and there is none,
and their tongue is parched with thirst,
I the LORD will answer them;
I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
I will open rivers on the bare heights,
and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
and the dry land springs of water.
I will put in the wilderness the cedar,
the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive.
I will set in the desert the cypress,
the plane and the pine together,
that they may see and know,
may consider and understand together,
that the hand of the LORD has done this,
the Holy One of Israel has created it.
Reflection
Our reading today speaks further about God as the transformer of situations, whether making desert places flourish, or weak people powerful instruments in God’s hand. It also adds to our understanding of what God is like.
Not only, as we have been seeing, the God who comes to us, who comforts us and who invites us to come to him, the God who invites us to work with Him and works with us. But the God who helps and provides and invites us not to be fearful. God says ‘I hold your right hand.’ Or as we may put it, ‘I’ve got you.’
Which of these aspects of God resonates most with you just now?
How does it feel for you that God holds you, holds your right hand?
What would you want to say to God about that?
Today’s Music
Take My Hand, Precious Lord performed by Ladysmith Black Mambazo