Isaiah - Day 136
versebyverse | October 30, 2008 20:52
Scripture: Isaiah 7:17 (NIV): "The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away from Judah--he will bring the king of Assyria."
Thought: To me, it is the LORD Who opens the way for trouble to touch us.
Question: If I have ever had trouble, did I realize God allowed it?
Things are not so rosy for King Ahaz. He has rebelled against God's provision, God's "sign", and thus faces harsh judgment. Warning now comes of impending judgment. Judgment comes through those nearby who oppose Judah (Assyria). God always seems to work this way. Do we recognize God's judgments as coming from Him this way?: coming through nearby people, circumstances and events? "The LORD will bring on you...", anyone who snubs the Lord, that is, and rejects God's ways, "and on your people"...those who live with you will not be exempt from the trouble that may unfold during judgment. "And on the house of your father..." ... a direct reference to the Jews (the House of David), enlarging the area of effect to one's country and nation.
"A time unlike any" is descriptive of a precedent-setting event, more difficult than ever before, even worse than the awful split between Ephraim and Judah, where brothers and fellow Israelistes betrayed one another. And what is this awful difficulty? It is Assyria--the highly wicked nation whose methods of military conquest, torture and suppression were unequalled in horror and violence!
What a chill this must have sent down Ahaz's spine! Look out, Ahaz! Judgment is on its way! And Isaiah has fore-warned you--he has told you that "the LORD will bring" this upon you.
It is always with the LORD that we have to do...
Prayer: God of Judgment, I realize Your power and authority! I know You are behind every trouble that may come my way; maybe not creating it, but certainly allowing it to touch me. Make me teachable, Lord, and may Your purposes be fulfilled in what You elect to do in my life. Amen.
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