Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 35:2

"It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing; the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon: they shall see the glory of Jehovah, the excellency of our God." — Isaiah 35:2 (ASV)

It is a wonderful sight to see, for one of the most lovely sights in the world is when the glory and excellence of God are seen in the works of his grace in his own people. It is such a sight that it makes people first rejoice in their hearts, and then rejoice with their tongues. They shall rejoice with joy and singing, which is the double rejoicing of the heart and of the lip. Indeed, these must be favored people who, wherever they go, can make others glad in this way. Brothers and sisters, they must be full or they could not overflow!

They must themselves be alive, or else they could not revive the desert places. They must themselves be in flower, blooming like the rose, or they could not make the wilderness so full of greenery. May the Lord grant that we may be in such a state that we are able to go into the wilderness. There are some of God’s people who cannot trust themselves to go where they are needed, because they do not have enough grace. They are so weak that they are like a weak person standing on the riverbank, who cannot leap in to pull out a drowning person for fear they should be pulled in themselves. But, oh!

They are blessed indeed who dare to go into wildernesses and into solitary places, and carry the transforming blessing of heaven with them until the wilderness changes its attire, and the brown of the sand yields to the redness of the rose, because God has come there with his people.