Vindication

 

    Vindication is the action of clearing someone from suspicion or shame.  It is proof that beyond a reasonable doubt that a person is right or justified.  God is the ultimate judge to pronounce when a person or a nation is vindicated.  Isaiah knew about that because of His visions given to him from God.  It had him singing praises to God, after all the bad that he had seen, to see vindication.

    We should sing praises to God because He gave us the opportunity to have salvation.  Our souls can be protected for eternity.  Heaven's gates are open to the righteous.  This knowledge give the followers of Christ peace in their soul.  We trust that God will honor His promises.  It is that trust that defines salvation and destroys evil in our hearts.

    God will humble the proud and the oppressors.  The righteous path is clear.  There is nothing on His path that will make you stumble or fall.  It is when we veer off that we find ourselves in trouble.  It can be hard to be a follower of Christ because it is normally a slow and steady pace and sometimes you may want to run ahead.  It requires self discipline and faith to stay on course.

    The heart and soul yearns for God.  It can accept judgment because it teaches us righteousness.  It is accepting consequences that teaches us about what righteousness really is.  His desires more for us than what we can normally accept.  He wants so much more for us than we want for ourselves.  We just have to realize that peace and joy in life circulates around Him and not what we think we may want more.

    Honor God in your vindication and accept that the wicked will be forgotten.  Punishment can be hard to face.  It may feel like more than you can bare, but it should drive you to pray harder.  They are meant to be hard, so that you will grow.  You should be uncomfortable, so that you will not desire to return to your sin.  

    Once you can accept this, then you can sing out of joy because you have become more than what you were.  You are vindicated.  Cry and pray for all the people that reject Him.  Their punishment is more than anyone can bare.  I would never desire it for anyone.

Isaiah 26