Isaiah 27:2-4 KJV
In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
Fury is not in me ...
This is a tender and precious pieces of Scripture. Gill spends some good deal of time expressing how this vineyard is like, not only the Jews but also the New Testament Church. See what the Lord does with His vineyard....
First, the Lord keeps it HimselfHe has ministers and servants who are called of him into the fields but still He keeps this Himself. If any of the workers should fail in their duties, the Lord will not fail.
Secondly He waters it
And not just sporadically and from time to time; He does so every moment.
He never lets off
He never forgets
He never quits
Though there are times when we may not sense His loving care and presence still we may be assured of it through the promise of the Word of God.
Thirdly He keeps it night and dayIn the times of darkness and in the times of light; in the good times and in the difficult times, God is about the business of tending to His vineyard. History has seen some dark days for the believers in Christ. This should not be taken to mean that those were days when God had left off His vineyard. The tending may have been painful, but it was not without purpose and meaning and the hand and supervision and blessing of God upon it.
In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
Fury is not in me ...
This is a tender and precious pieces of Scripture. Gill spends some good deal of time expressing how this vineyard is like, not only the Jews but also the New Testament Church. See what the Lord does with His vineyard....
First, the Lord keeps it HimselfHe has ministers and servants who are called of him into the fields but still He keeps this Himself. If any of the workers should fail in their duties, the Lord will not fail.
Secondly He waters it
And not just sporadically and from time to time; He does so every moment.
He never lets off
He never forgets
He never quits
Though there are times when we may not sense His loving care and presence still we may be assured of it through the promise of the Word of God.
Thirdly He keeps it night and dayIn the times of darkness and in the times of light; in the good times and in the difficult times, God is about the business of tending to His vineyard. History has seen some dark days for the believers in Christ. This should not be taken to mean that those were days when God had left off His vineyard. The tending may have been painful, but it was not without purpose and meaning and the hand and supervision and blessing of God upon it.
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