Isaiah - Verse By Verse

Isaiah - Day 70

versebyverse | August 08, 2008 17:30

Scripture:  Isaiah 3:17 (NIV):  "Therefore the LORD will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion; the LORD will make their scalps bald."

Thought:  To me, God is behind every trouble; either bringing it (direct judgment) or allowing it (automatic consequences).

Question:  Do I receive affliction as having come through God?

Probably one of the worst disfigurements for a woman is the loss of her hair.  This strikes against the heart of her feminine appeal and what God calls a woman's "glory"; her long hair (see I Corinthians 11:15).  We reap what we sow.  To misuse her feminine glory and attractiveness in the eyes of God is to incur His judgment upon her physical beauty.

Again, the law of reaping what you sow is evident here.  Note also that the LORD brings these consequences directly to the offending women:  "the LORD will bring" and "the LORD will make."  How often today do we attribute disease, pain or other sufferings directly to God's judmental hand?  Are we past being awakened by these afflictions--past the point of self-examination and spiritual realization that God is behind our trouble?  He is!

Prayer:  Ruler of all things, I pray that Your purposes, even in the darkest of moments, would be achieved, and that I would trust You in all You allow to happen.  Help me always to see that it is Your hand at work.  Amen. 

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