Day 14: Isaiah 35:4-6
Say to those who have an anxious heart, “Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.” Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.
Jesus worked miracles: giving the mute voice, the blind sight, the deaf hearing. He made the lame walk. After his ascension, in Acts 3:8, proclaiming the name of Jesus results in a lame man jumping and praising God. He restores what was broken in the fall, in some physical cases reversing the impact on human beings and by his cross forgiving sin to restore our relationship with God.
He calmed storms, walked on water, gave dead people life. He drove out demons, freeing people from spiritual suffering. He healed from illness and fever. He fed thousands with a few loaves of bread. He blessed little children and welcomed them into his arms. He forgave the spiritually destitute. He confronted sin. He produced money out of the mouth of a fish. He commanded fish such that nets were overfilled and breaking. He promises to return. This is the One who “will come and save you.”