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Isaiah - Day 93

versebyverse | September 07, 2008 16:39

Scripture:  Isaiah 5:13 (NIV):  "Therefore my people will go into exile for lack of understanding; their men of rank will die of hunger and their masses will be parched with thirst."

Thought:  To me, just as the laws of physics speak of "an equal and opposite reaction" to an action, so God's judgments are an equal and opposite reaping of sins that are sown.  

Question:  Do I lack a proper spiritual understanding?

Why is Israel in exile?  Their sins have come between themselves and God, and He is forced to let them reap what they have sown.

How ironic!  Failure to grasp Who their Creator really is and what He desires from them creates a lack of understanding that alienates Israel from God, even unto "exile"; that is, a life in an unfamiliar place, separated from family and familiarity.  No one knows them better than their Maker; therefore, without Him, wherever they end up is an "exile" away from Him, where they all suffer alienation, lonliness and loss. 

Another irony:  the strong, protective men, most representative of health and vitality, are the ones weakened for lack of food.  The exact aspect they could have demonstrated through trust in God, that is, their strength, is denied them explicitly.  The masses of people perish, ironically, for lack of water.  The basic people lack the basic water to live.  God is our meat and our drink.  Without Him we "starve."  Christ is the Bread from heaven and the living water. 

This, of course, is prophetic of the Babylonian exile--a direct and equal consequence of Israel's many sins.  It also applies to us today, however.

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, prevent me from going into "spiritual exile", that is, separation from You because of my sin.  Draw me ever nearer to You, Father, through Christ, the Bread of Heaven and my Living Water.  Amen. 

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