Isaiah is the prophet we often hear from during our holy season of Advent. The Church has chosen Isaiah for us to hear so frequently during Advent because his prophecies and messages bring us the words we need to hear as we prepare and wait and stay on guard.
Today, the message Isaiah brings us about God is very direct and blunt. He tells us that our God alone is the Lord, that there is no other. God created the heaven and earth not so it could be forever empty, but that we, his creation, could inhabit God’s creation. So, if this is true, then we need to see ourselves as human beings not as aliens thrust upon this foreign planet. We human beings are an intrinsic and essential part of the creation story. If this is what God had in mind, we need to really think about how we live our lives and how we are stewards of the earth. So often, during human history, humanity has seen the earth and the rest of creation as something we could exploit and use without much thought to the consequences. Back in 1950, our earth only had 1 billion inhabitants – now the population is close to 8 billion. It is difficult to comprehend those numbers, isn’t it? How are we taking care of the world’s resources as a global community? How are we Christians being good stewards and witnesses to our brothers and sisters in our world? These are good questions to reflect upon on our Advent journey.
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