The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Isaiah 22:5-11,
"The Lord, the Lord Almighty, has a day of tumult and trampling and terror in the Valley of Vision, a day of battering down walls and of crying out to the mountains... The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah, and you looked in that day to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest. You saw that the walls of the City of David were broken through in many places; you stored up water in the Lower Pool. You counted the buildings in Jerusalem and tore down houses to strengthen the wall. You built a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the Old Pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or have regard for the One who planned it long ago."
As the Lord brought enemies to destroy his own people for their turning from him, we read here that instead of turning to the Lord, instead of crying out for his mercy, his forgiveness, instead of calling to him for help from the advancing forces against them, they continued to ignore the Lord.
"The Lord, the Lord Almighty, has a day of tumult and trampling and terror in the Valley of Vision, a day of battering down walls and of crying out to the mountains... The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah, and you looked in that day to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest. You saw that the walls of the City of David were broken through in many places; you stored up water in the Lower Pool. You counted the buildings in Jerusalem and tore down houses to strengthen the wall. You built a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the Old Pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or have regard for the One who planned it long ago."
As the Lord brought enemies to destroy his own people for their turning from him, we read here that instead of turning to the Lord, instead of crying out for his mercy, his forgiveness, instead of calling to him for help from the advancing forces against them, they continued to ignore the Lord.
Just as their abandonment of the Lord brought his judgment of destruction upon them, so the people of Jerusalem, seeing danger headed their way, made their own preparations instead of looking to the Lord for his deliverance. Here is the ultimate expression of no faith in the Lord.
Often, throughout the Scriptures, we see the Lord bringing his judgment, coupled with the dire threat of disaster, to his people to draw them back to himself. He does it in the hope that the his people might recognize their plight and call out, reach out, to him for help and deliverance, that they may turn back to him.
Often, however, sinful man continues in his sinful ways, abandoning God, rejecting God, rebelling against him. Even with the threat of his judgment hanging over them, people will often ignore their only hope of salvation.
This was true in Isaiah's day and it is true today, as God's judgment looms over all people. Will they throw themselves at the feet of the Savior's mercy? Or continue to go their own way and rely on themselves as Israel did back then?
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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