I recently came across something in my counseling studies that I would love to share. Isaiah 42:3 is a messianic prophetic passage that is later fulfilled in Matthew 12:20. The NLT version reads like this: “He will not crush the weakest reed or put out a flickering candle. Finally He will cause justice to be victorious. And His name will be the hope of all the world.”
Metaphorically, both a weak reed and a flickering candle represent a person who is fragile and likely suffering a great deal of pain. This means that one’s faith is very low—like a reed that’s about to break, or a burning candle that’s almost extinguished. God will never quench a flickering candle, but rather He will sustain and grow even the smallest flicker of faith. He cares so deeply for the weak and the wavering. This verse greatly highlights the astonishing compassion of Jesus—and it gives us hope to cling to, even if we only have a very small trace of it left. His victory will always prevail over everything.
My Light for My Lord 