OUR LORD WHO EXALTS THE HUMBLE

Isaiah 49 verse 11 says this;

I will turn all my mountains into roads,  and my highways will be raised up.

Preceding this verse, the scriptures speak about the Lord restoring his people out of captivity and darkness and then ministering to them who have been saved by feeding them and leading them by springs of water. 

It is in this context that the Lord declares that'll  His mountains will be turned into roads  and His highways will be raised up.

Reminiscent of this scripture are the familiar words out of Isaiah chapter 40 verses 3 - 4 that say this;.

A voice of one calling: “In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 

Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.

Here, the inversion of the landscape is described even more vividly where the things that are high are brought low and the things that are low are lifted up.

These passages are metaphors for the concept that the Lord Jesus, speaking to the crowds in Jerusalem in Luke chapter 14 verse 11, was teaching them;

For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

The Lord, when He rescues His people and comforts them, will bring low the ones who elevated themselves and lift up the ones who humbled themselves.

This is why the Lord counsels His people this way in Luke 14;

“When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. 

If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place. But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests. 

Amen.