Isaiah 7:14 "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel."
The Lord made promises and may I add that those promises have never, nor will
they ever, fail. He promised in that day that the enemy coming against them
would fail. But He also told them that in order to have any peace in those
promises, they must believe and place their absolute confidence in the
Lord. He then told them to ask for a sign. Ahaz was wise enough not
to ask for a sign, but the Lord was intent upon giving that sign. You won't
ask, "therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign." We know, and
Scripture bears it out, that the sign was given some 700 years later. Why
was it important that the sign be given at that particular time? Why was it not
shown immediately? I can't answer those questions, but there is one thing I
know for certain. That sign still holds me in my times of struggle some 2000
years after the sign was given. "Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear
a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." I know that sign is true and He
still gives me comfort as I believe upon His absolute faithfulness. We know
that virgin's name was Mary and the Son given through here was Jesus, the Son
of God. Because that promise was true then and is true now, I can find
peace in the darkest hour. I can find strength in my weakest moment. I can find
fellowship in my loneliest hour. I can find direction in those times I don't
know which way to turn.
How can I find these answers in a sign that was promised some 2700 years ago?
For me, the sign that was foretold by Isaiah is the truth that was revealed
when Jesus , Emmanuel, was born of Mary, the Virgin. God's faithfulness and
power was shown and He has not changed. Because this one promise was
brought to pass, I know I can depend upon every promise to be fulfilled by our
Lord. I can place my complete confidence in my Lord.