Isaiah 32:1-2 (NASBStr)
Behold, a king will reign righteously
And princes will rule justly.
Each will be like a refuge from the wind
And a shelter from the storm,
Like streams of water in a dry country,
Like the shade of a huge rock in a parched land.
In 1885, the great gospel song writer Ira Sankey came across a song written in the local paper that was often song by fishermen returning from the sea. After he composed a new tune for the words it was published and it became one of the most famous and refreshing songs of the church in the 1900s. A portion is laid out below. The name of the song is, "Jesus is a rock in a weary land."
The Lord’s our Rock, in Him we hide,
A Shelter in the time of storm;
Secure whatever ill betide,
A Shelter in the time of storm.
Oh, Jesus is a Rock in a weary land,
A weary land, a weary land;
Oh, Jesus is a Rock in a weary land,
A Shelter in the time of storm.
A shade by day, defense by night,
A Shelter in the time of storm;
No fears alarm, no foes afright,
A Shelter in the time of storm.
In the above passage in Isaiah we read that God will, despite the siege and punishment of Jerusalem, restore them again. He will do so by establishing Godly leadership. God will assure that those leaders are protected. Isaiah was probably referring to the leadership of Hezekiah and/or Josiah. God is the only one who can establish Godly leadership and then provide them with refuge in a weary land. When we understand the Gospel it is the picture of Water in a Weary land. Jesus told the women at the well He would be the Living Water and she would never have to go to the well to draw again. God is the refuge to us in the times of trouble. He, through Christ, is the shade of a huge rock in a parched land. Through faith we rest in His great care despite the collapse of the world around us.
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