This week, as we prepare to move into what some call 3 Isaiah, we pause to zoom out and look at the big picture of Isaiah so far. One of the themes that’s easy to miss when we go through it chapter-by-chapter is the instruction on where we can find shalom.
If shalom means the deep peace that comes from fundamental ok-ness, where we have the things that we crave at the core of our being, then it is what everyone on the planet is looking for. God shows us in Isaiah that shalom doesn’t come from all the things we grasp at. Shalom is much simpler than that.
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