There always is a newness about Jesus Christ. The Christian discipleship is a prolonged, difficult journey through numerous obstacles. We can become weary and frustrated when our expectations are not fulfilled.

If we keep praying and do not become discouraged and quit, there come seasons of refreshing. All of a sudden the Lord appears. Then everything is new. We are refreshed in spirit, soul, and often in body. We renew our strength. We mount up as with wings.

Of those who are lifting up themselves, even the youngest and strongest will finally collapse. But the faithful who wait on the Lord will not grow weary or become faint. In every circumstance they find themselves singing a new song.

The firstfruits unto the Lord sing a love song to Him. They alone know the tune and the words. There is a reward for seeking the Lord.

His praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, all who live in them.

We notice in the tenth chapter of Revelation that the great angel of the days just preceding the return of the Lord, stands on the oceans and continents.

God is the Lord of the whole earth. His praise is destined to arise from the ends of the earth, the seas, the continents. It is the responsibility of the Servant of the Lord to install righteousness and praise in every area of our planet. This indeed shall take place!

Let the desert and its towns raise their voices; let the settlements where Kedar lives rejoice. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them shout from the mountaintops. Let them give glory to the LORD and proclaim his praise in the islands. (Isaiah 42:11,12)

It is the members of the Body of Christ who will bring such rejoicing to the world.

The "desert" undoubtedly is speaking of the Arabian Desert and its cities. Kedar was one of the sons of Ishmael and refers to Bedouin Arabs.

Sela, the rock, was an Edomite settlement, a rocky plateau 3700 feet above sea level—hence "let them shout from the mountaintops." We see here that when Christ returns there will be joy and shouting among the Arabs.

Revival yet shall come to the Arab nations. Pray always for the Arab people because the Lord will get fruit for His table from among them.

Again, the people who live on the islands of the sea will be praising the Lord. All the nations of the earth will rejoice when the Lord returns except for the great centers of commerce and education that will be part of the Antichrist system. They will attempt to prevent the coming of the Lord but they are doomed to total destruction.

Truly the creation has been made subject to futility; but it shall be released, at the coming of Christ and His Body, into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

To be continued.