The prophet points us to the greatest example of both obedience and servanthood

Isaiah had to confront God’s people with their sin which was very serious because they had rejected God and gone their own way. He, however, had been faithful. He had been obedient and not rebelled against the one who had saved him and called him.

The consequences of Isaiah’s faithfulness, as is often the case, meant suffering for him at the hands of those who would reject his message. In spite of this he continued to look to God as the one who would ultimately vindicate him. He also exhorts the people to ‘trust in the name of the Lord and rely on their God’. In our day this points us to Jesus, the ‘obedient servant’ who suffered to death on the cross for the forgiveness of those who had rejected him.