Isaiah - Verse By Verse

Isaiah - Day 45

versebyverse | June 28, 2008 13:53

Scripture:  Isaiah 2:14 (NIV):  "for all the towering mountains and all the high hills,"

Thought:  To me, the levelling of the prominent and "permanent" mountains strikes at the essence of man's pride and confidence in how things are around him.

Question:  Do I rely on things around me or God's presence within me?

Looking back at verse 12 we see that the Lord "has a day in store for all the proud and lofty."  This "day of the Lord" will level, or flatten, mankind.  The essence of pride will be hard struck.  What man has begun to trust in--what he calls enduring--will be wiped away.

In each of these 4 verses in series following verse 12, key words describe pride and loftiness.  These words include, "tall", "lofty" (verse 13); "towering", "high" (verse 14); "lofty", fortified" (verse 15); and "stately" (verse 16).

God is making a point:  man has become high-minded and arrogant!  Webster defines arrogant as "offensively exaggerating one's own importance."  Man has flaunted his self-made importance in God's face and now God will bring down everything that is elevated, including, here, the mountains and hills.  To me, this will most logically be done by earthquake activity.  Revelation records the future incidence of many earthquakes, five to be exact, but verse 14 of Revelation 6 is applicable especially:  "the sky receded like a scroll rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place."

Prayer:  High King of Heaven, help me, in reading these words today, to humble myself before You!  You have my attention:  I pray that others would turn and listen to You as well.  Amen.

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