The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Isaiah 19:2,
"I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian—
brother will fight against brother,
neighbor against neighbor,
city against city,
kingdom against kingdom."
"I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian—
brother will fight against brother,
neighbor against neighbor,
city against city,
kingdom against kingdom."
Isaiah turns his prophetic message toward Egypt. Here the Lord is saying that he will "stir up" Egyptian against Egyptian. In what is clearly to me a prophecy of vast vision spanning to the time of the coming Lord's kingdom on earth, he speaks of something he is going to do to the Egyptians more proximate to Isaiah's day. He will stir up the Egyptians, one against another.
To me, these are the kinds of things not to be overlooked when learning of how the Lord operates, how he works, the kinds of things he does. The importance of it is how it can be instructive to us on the events of our day, how the Lord might be working, what he might be doing in our nation and world today.
Many may think that divisions in our day have their origin from within the realm of the spiritual forces of evil, things like the Marxism inherent in Black Lives Matter and Critical Race Theory, the rejection of our founding fathers and documents and all things patriotic, the use of the COVID pandemic for politics, the demand we accept bizzare societal and cultural perspectives and changes on things like abortion, homosexuality, and fake gender notions.
What did the Lord use to pit Egyptian against Egyptian? Might he be using the divisions in our day for his purposes?
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 reply and let me know.
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