Come Follow Me for Teens: "A Marvellous Work and a Wonder" (Isaiah 13-35)

This week’s episode studies Isaiah 13–35 and the theme “A Marvellous Work and a Wonder.”

We begin with Isaiah’s warning about Babylon, which he describes as “the glory of kingdoms.” Babylon looked powerful, beautiful, and secure, but Isaiah makes one thing clear: anything built on pride and worldliness will eventually fall.

We’ll talk about why that matters for teenagers living in a world that constantly invites them to measure their worth by appearance, possessions, popularity, success, and the opinions of other people. There is nothing wrong with enjoying nice things, but the danger begins when those things start answering the question:

Who am I, and how much am I worth?

The world keeps moving the measuring stick.

God does not.

Next, we turn to Isaiah 29 and his prophecy of “the words of a book.” Isaiah says that through those words, the deaf will hear, the blind will see out of darkness, and “the meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord.”

We’ll explore how these verses point toward the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and, even more importantly, what the Book of Mormon is meant to do in our lives.

It is meant to help us see more clearly, hear God more fully, come out of confusion, and draw our hearts closer to Jesus Christ.

The Book of Mormon has already come forth into the world.

The question is:

Will we allow its words to come forth in us?

Finally, Isaiah declares:

“I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder.”

In Isaiah 35, that marvelous work reaches people with weak hands, feeble knees, and fearful hearts with this promise:

“Be strong, fear not … your God will come … he will come and save you.”

Drawing on Elder Brook P. Hales’s message “Mortality Works!”, Elder Patrick Kearon’s teaching that God’s plan is designed to bring His children home, and Elder J. Devn Cornish’s message “Am I Good Enough? Will I Make It?”, we’ll talk about why struggle does not mean God has stopped working.

Being unfinished is not the same as being hopeless.

Sometimes our hands feel weak.

Sometimes our hearts feel fearful.

Sometimes we cannot yet see what God is doing.

But Isaiah’s message is full of hope:

Babylon falls.

God’s word helps us see.

And God is still doing a marvelous work in us.

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