Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord. Today's devotion is going to be coming from Isaiah chapter 61, verses 10 through 11, as well as Isaiah chapter 62, verses 1 through 3. This is the Word of the Lord. I delight greatly in the Lord, my salvation rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation, and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. For as the soul makes the sprout come up, and a garden causes seas to grow, so the sovereign Lord will make a righteousness and pray spring up before all nations. For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem's sake I will not remain quiet till her righteousness shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a blazing torch. The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory you will be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will bestow. You will be a crown of splendor in the Lord's hand, a royal diadem in the hand of your God. This is the Word of the Lord, amen. During the civil rights movement in the 1960s, a man by the name of Martin Luther King, Jr., was a voice of hope for the black community. In many of his famous speeches, he profedically communicated that a day would indeed come when blacks would no longer be oppressed and discriminated against. He always encouraged blacks through his words and his actions of nonviolent resistance and peaceful demonstrations. He encouraged them to remain hopeful, but not only to remain hopeful, but to persevere through the hard times of racism, discrimination, and being judged by the color of their skin. Until a day of deliverance will come for them until their day of deliverance. Well, here in our text, the prophet Isaiah in Isaiah chapter 61 through 62 is bringing good news of salvation and deliverance to the people of God during their time of oppression. See, Isaiah here is encouraging God's people like Martin did with a message of hope that their salvation is common, not just deliverance from their present captivity, oh no, no, but deliverance from their sins. I'm sure it's not easy for the people of God at this time in the midst of their oppression to remain faithful to God and believing that God was going to deliver them and not only that, but that the Messiah was coming home, but beloved in the midst of the darkness of this world, this culture that we live in, it's not easy to be encouraged, but it's easy to be actually discouraged and to lose sight of the promises of God. Oh, but let me tell you, Hallelujah, that salvation is coming. See, do you have faith that Jesus is coming? Well, I encourage you this morning to trust, trust God, the His promises of complete deliverance from the oppression of Satan and the president of sin, oh, beloved, that indeed will happen. Do not allow the pervasiveness of sin in this world and the present sufferings in your own life and those close to you to keep you from believing this. If indeed this is your disposition, I encourage you to repent of your lack of faith in God and believe in Him. Believe His promises are true and we'll come to fulfillment. Believe in the salvation that Jesus brings and the new hope that He promises with His glorious return. Amen.