Scripture Reading : Isaiah 12
Theme : The End Times Jews Praising Jesus
(1-6). When God delivers Jews through Jesus in the end times, they will praise God for their spiritual and physical salvation. They will thank God for having mercy on them by turning away His righteous anger against their sins. They will be full of joy and thankfulness. As saved people they will proclaim the greatness of the Lord to all the nations on earth. God will be glorified. The saints in the end times will sing a new song to God (Rev. 5:9, 14:3).
Praying the Scripture
- The nature result of salvation is to praising God for His love and mercy. The natural result is joy. Martin Luther, the great reformer, said the sorrow that leads you to the cross is of God, but the sorrow that you have after you have gone to the cross is of the devil. We ought to confess our sins (1 John 1:9), but not to wallow in our sins and sorrow after confessing our sins and going to the cross to acknowledge our sins have been paid for. Instead we grow in our thankfulness, holiness and faith when we diligently and sacrificially serve Him, read and pray the Scripture, share the gospel, ponder on the great and real pain of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross and understand our unworthiness. Sorrow is not our strength, but the joy of the Lord is our strength (Neh. 8:10). Pray that you will cultivate a true joy in the Lord, not a joy from sin. If you have joy from sin you need to turn your joy into mourning (James 4:9), then receive true and everlasting joy.
经文：以赛亚书12
主题：末日犹太人赞美耶稣
（1-6）。当神在末日之时借着耶稣搭救犹太人，犹太人会为他们属灵及肉体的拯救赞美神。他们会感谢神施予怜悯，因为神会转消祂公义的怒气，不再看他们的罪。犹太人将满有喜乐和感恩的心。身为得救的群体，他们会向万国万民宣扬主的伟大。神将得荣耀。末日的众圣也要向神唱一首新歌（启5:9, 14:3）。
用经文祷告
- 得救的自然果效是对神之爱与怜悯的赞美。得救最自然的反应就是喜悦。大改革宗者马丁路德曾说，领你到十字架前的忧伤出于神，但十字架之后的忧伤则出于撒旦。我们要承认自己的罪（约一1:19），但不能允许自己到十架前承认自己的罪后，还晓得罪债已经偿还了，却仍沉溺于自己的罪和忧伤。反之，我们要增加感恩、圣洁和信靠神的心，殷勤、舍己地侍奉神、读经祷告、传福音、思想耶稣在十架上牺牲时的极大又真实的痛苦，并明白自己的不配。你们不要忧愁，因靠耶和华而得的喜乐是你们的力量（尼8:10）。祷告你能培养在主里的真正喜悦，不从罪得着快乐。你若喜悦于罪，你要将这份欢乐变为悲哀（雅4:9），然后迎接真正、永恒的喜乐。
