Do not let the son of the foreigner who
has joined himself to the Lord speak,
saying, “The Lord has utterly separated
me from His people”; nor let the eunuch
say, “Here I am, a dry tree.” For thus
says the Lord.
Isaiah 56: 3-4
Isaiah 56 is an unusual passage, written to
two groups of outcasts. First were foreigners.
The others were Jewish males who had been
mutilated by the Babylonian invaders.
They were eunuchs.
Sometimes we feel like outcasts
or suffer the loss of something
the world has taken from us.
In Isaiah 56, the Lord invited foreigners
and eunuchs to join
themselves to Him,
to serve Him, and to love His Name
(verse 6).
He promised, “Even them I will bring
to My holy mountain, and make them
joyful in My house of prayer” (verse
7).
In Christ, there are no castaways; in heaven
there are no outcasts. We’re included in the
grace of Christ. Rejoice today knowing that
we are no longer outcasts!
"The gospel
brings me explosive news:
my search for approval is over. In Christ
I already have all the approval I need."