Reading: Isaiah 18-21
My Verse: "For they have fled from the swords,
from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow,
and from the press of battle" (Isaiah 21:15).
Isaiah wrote these words around 700 B.C., over 2700 years ago! And yet this very thing is happening today. War still is so very much a part of our lives - it is constantly in the news. The mass exodus of people fleeing across the Mediterranean are fleeing from their war-torn countries. They are fleeing "from the press of battle."
This is not what You, LORD God meant for us when You created us and this beautiful planet. You created us to bring glory to You! (Psalm 100:2-3) You created us to be in relationship with You and with others. But this is where we have fallen so far. We are basically relationship breakers!
First, relationship was broken with You by Adam and Eve through disobedience. From then on relationships are continually being broken: friend with friend, husband and wife, families, churches, communities, countries . . . to the incredible mess we have in our world today.
Some of the saddest words in the Bible are in Genesis 6:6
"And the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart."
You, LORD God wanted to simply blot man out of existence!
"I will destroy, blot out, and wipe away mankind, whom I have created from the face of the ground - not only man, but the beasts and the creeping things and the birds of air - for it grieves Me and makes Me regretful that I have made them" (Genesis 6:7).
How incredible and yet because of one man, Noah, you stayed Your hand, You relented.
And here we are today, it seems even worse than in Noah's day. I look at all the pain and suffering caused by man's disobedience. I wonder how much longer can this continue? How much stress and anguish can man endure? How much longer will You LORD God wait?
And yet, LORD God, You are good. (Psalm 136:1)
You are love. (I John 4:8)
You are truth. (Psalm 33:4)
You are order. (I Corinthians 14:33)
You are just. (2 Thessalonians 1:16)
You are holy. (I Peter 1:16)
You tell us in Revelation 21:4.
"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."
This is hard to comprehend and yet Your Word is truth and all that You say in it will come to pass. And because you are good, love, truth, orderly, just and holy - You will not tolerate the madness on this earth much longer. You will liberate us from the chaos of disobedience to You.
Only You can liberate us from the perils of war. We need to flee to You, for it is only in You that we can find salvation! (Matthew 18:11)
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
My Verse: "For they have fled from the swords,
from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow,
and from the press of battle" (Isaiah 21:15).
Isaiah wrote these words around 700 B.C., over 2700 years ago! And yet this very thing is happening today. War still is so very much a part of our lives - it is constantly in the news. The mass exodus of people fleeing across the Mediterranean are fleeing from their war-torn countries. They are fleeing "from the press of battle."
This is not what You, LORD God meant for us when You created us and this beautiful planet. You created us to bring glory to You! (Psalm 100:2-3) You created us to be in relationship with You and with others. But this is where we have fallen so far. We are basically relationship breakers!
First, relationship was broken with You by Adam and Eve through disobedience. From then on relationships are continually being broken: friend with friend, husband and wife, families, churches, communities, countries . . . to the incredible mess we have in our world today.
Some of the saddest words in the Bible are in Genesis 6:6
"And the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart."
You, LORD God wanted to simply blot man out of existence!
"I will destroy, blot out, and wipe away mankind, whom I have created from the face of the ground - not only man, but the beasts and the creeping things and the birds of air - for it grieves Me and makes Me regretful that I have made them" (Genesis 6:7).
How incredible and yet because of one man, Noah, you stayed Your hand, You relented.
And here we are today, it seems even worse than in Noah's day. I look at all the pain and suffering caused by man's disobedience. I wonder how much longer can this continue? How much stress and anguish can man endure? How much longer will You LORD God wait?
And yet, LORD God, You are good. (Psalm 136:1)
You are love. (I John 4:8)
You are truth. (Psalm 33:4)
You are order. (I Corinthians 14:33)
You are just. (2 Thessalonians 1:16)
You are holy. (I Peter 1:16)
You tell us in Revelation 21:4.
"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."
This is hard to comprehend and yet Your Word is truth and all that You say in it will come to pass. And because you are good, love, truth, orderly, just and holy - You will not tolerate the madness on this earth much longer. You will liberate us from the chaos of disobedience to You.
Only You can liberate us from the perils of war. We need to flee to You, for it is only in You that we can find salvation! (Matthew 18:11)
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
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