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Isaiah - Day 43

versebyverse | June 26, 2008 21:19

Scripture: Isaiah 2:12 (NIV): "The LORD Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled),"

Thought: To me, we do not take seriously enough the coming of "the Day of the LORD."

Question: Am I among the "proud and lofty"?

God holds His Day in store. He will display His anger only then. For now He waits. He continues to extend opportunities of repentance to all of us in the meantime. We ought to understand this; that God is extremely patient. He forbears with us decade after decade, even century after century. But one day He will "let us have it"! Then we will be humbled in a way we do not understand now, that is, as God deals "blows" to our worldly systems, causing economy, environment, infrastructure, etc., to collapse, man will finally be stripped of all "supports" and will have to accept the truth that something, Someone, bigger is in charge. This is what we have forgotten. We have forgotten because we are proud. Our pride blinds us to the loftiness of God. God's Day is reserved for the purpose of blasting away our pride and everything that exalts itself against God.

Our nation has witnessed the beginning, and today, the slight acceleration of, the kinds of "blows" against society that culminate in the events of The Great Tribulation, as described in the book of Revelation. We currently see an increase in earthquakes, floods, forest fires, famine, disease, immorality and the like all over our globe. These are the beginning of "birth pangs"--the "labor" to bring forth God's complete Lordship over the earth. The LORD's "Day" will mark the end of the period of "labor" and the "birth" of the exaltation of God. When mankind is brought low, God will be exalted.

God has a purpose in striking out against man's pride. He draws as many as will come, to repentance. Do we see God at work in the natural disasters around us? Are we willing to acknowledge our Creator's power and yield to His righteousness, forsaking our sin?

Prayer: Lord, help me always to realize, and live every moment in, the acknowledgment of Your Lordship. Amen.