The book of Isaiah is God's message about His great plan of salvation for His people and the peoples of the world. When God called Abram out from his own land he was but one man, a wife and a nephew. After hundreds of years and millions upon millions of failures by Abramham and his descendents, God could have just left them to not only die in the wilderness but to become non-existent. But, because God is faithful to His promises He saves to the end. I love this verse in the final chapter of this great book:
Isaiah 66:9 - “Shall I bring to the point of birth and not give delivery?” says the Lord. "Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?” says your God.
God finishes what He starts. God doesn't, like us, do half a job. Even though we fail to follow through on our commitments to Him and fail to serve Him faithfully, God is faithful to us and finishes what He started. Paul might have been reading this section and this verse when he wrote in Phillipians 1:6 that "he who began a good work in you will perform it to the day of Christ." Or, maybe Isaiah was reading King David when he wrote in Psalm 138:8, "The Lord will accomplish what concerns me; Your lovingkindness, O Lord, is everlasting; Do not forsake the works of Your hands." Earlier, Isaiah had written in 46:10, "...My purpose will be established , And I will accomplish all My good pleasure." God is the great Master finisher. He constantly is working His plan out to fruition. Rejoice that God doesn't bring the pregancy to eight months. He always brings forth the birth of His plans. He will finish what He began in our lives, in our children's lives and in the plans for this world.
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