Come, Follow Me — Old Testament 2026 · Part 42
10/18/2026
Come, Follow Me for October 12–18: in Isaiah 58–66 the Redeemer binds up the brokenhearted — and then hands them tools. The healed become the repairers of the breach.
Adapted from Brother Miller's Notes
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Isaiah 58–66
Come, Follow Me · October 12–18, 2026
Isaiah 58
They were fasting, and felt unseen.
Isaiah 58:3Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge?
Isaiah 59:1Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
Rosemary K. Chibota · A Child of God, 2026Where others had walked past him for years, the Savior saw him, ministered to him, and healed him.
Discuss
Why do we feel like God doesn’t always see us?
Where that lands
He sees you, even when it doesn’t feel like it.
Isaiah 59
There was a breach, and no one to fill it.
Isaiah 59:2But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
John 5:7 · Isaiah 59:16Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool:
And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor:
Isaiah 59:16Therefore his arm brought salvation unto him;
Dale G. Renlund · How Long Will It Be Ere They Believe Me?, 2026There is more than enough to cover any breach, need, or deficit for all of us, for each of us.
Isaiah 59:20And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.
Isaiah 61:1–3
He came to bind up the brokenhearted.
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek;
Isaiah 61:1He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Luke 4:21And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Isaiah 61:3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes,
the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
Isaiah 63:9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
Michael A. Dunn · The Ninety and Ten, 2026The Redeemer rescues not by shortening our course but by helping us lengthen our stride.
Discuss
In what ways does he lengthen our strides?
Where that lands
His hand is not too short to reach you.
First
Look at what he did for us.
Isaiah 61:4
Then he sends the people he healed.
Isaiah 61:4And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations,
and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
Isaiah 58:12
Now hear 61:4 again, three chapters earlier.
Isaiah 61:4 · 58:12And they shall build the old wastes,
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places:
Isaiah 61:4 · 58:12They shall raise up the former desolations,
Thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations;
Isaiah 61:4 · 58:12And they shall repair the waste cities,
And thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach,
Patrick Kearon · Jesus Lives to Lift, 2026And when you find lift yourself, show someone else where and how to rise!
Discuss
How does being healed help you heal?
Where that lands
Being healed is the start of a job.
Isaiah 58
Then he answers the people who felt unseen.
Isaiah 58:8Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily:
Isaiah 58:9Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am.
Sometimes “Here I am” comes through a person.
Dallin H. Oaks, as told by Timothy L. Farnes · Divine Appointments, 2026Brother, tell me how you are really doing.
Five years later
Elder Oaks didn’t remember it.
Dallin H. Oaks, as told by Timothy L. Farnes · Divine Appointments, 2026But it’s what we do. Isn’t it?
Discuss
When has serving someone helped you feel seen by God?
Where that lands
See them, and he will say, Here I am.
To take home
The healed become the repairers of the breach.
