In Isaiah 42, the message of comfort continues. “Thus says God, the Lord,
who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it: “I am the Lord; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you”.
The same God that created the heavens, that gives us life, has called us to be like Him, and will be with us on the way. Through God we can overcome the world by reflecting the love He showed us. “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world— our faith“.
John concludes “we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true”. Let us use that understanding to serve and honour God, having confidence He will hear us.