DEVOTION
ISAIAH
IN TUNE
Isa 7:18-25
18 In that day the LORD will whistle for flies from the distant streams
of Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria. 19 They will all come and
settle in the steep ravines and in the crevices in the rocks, on all the thorn bushes
and at all the water holes. 20 In that day the Lord will use a razor hired from
beyond the River — the king of Assyria — to shave your head and the hair of
your legs, and to take off your beards also. 21 In that day, a man will keep
alive a young cow and two goats. 22 And because of the abundance of the milk
they give, he will have curds to eat. All who remain in the land will eat curds
and honey. 23 In that day, in every place where there were a thousand vines
worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be only briers and thorns. 24 Men
will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and
thorns. 25 As for all the hills once cultivated by the hoe, you will no longer
go there for fear of the briers and thorns; they will become places where
cattle are turned loose and where sheep run.
NIV
Not sure what we can do with this. According to the scholars this is
all about a large army that invades Israel. This is all metaphorical language
and it is difficult to garner any understanding as to how it should be interpreted
concerning the actual historic events that are related to these words. But of
what value is it to us today? It seems what it all boils down to is Israel is
not in a good place with the Lord, having adopted some of the ways of foreign lands.
They fell to the temptations of foreign gods. This is what we could learn. Two
things here, one is that we should be careful not to fall to the temptations of
the ways of the world. We should not adopt the way the world, the people of the
world live. All the flies could be the multitude of temptations that are always
before us. Satan is not worried about those he already has, but is spends most
of his time on the people who are the closest to the Lord. The closer we get to
the Lord, the more the temptations fly in our face. It is so easy to yield, and
difficult to resist. Why is this? We do not what to be at odds with the Lord,
as Israel was. So let us keep our feet in solid ground. Let us stay in tune
with the Lord, hearing his voice.
1 comment:
Hello Bro. Rich Westerwells. I am a Pastor from Mumbai, India. I am glad to stop by our profile on the blogger and the blog post. I am also blessed and feel privielged and honoured to get connected with you as well as know you and aout your interest in the Word of God and facilitating Devotions on the blog post. How blessed you and to see your great grand children. I am blessed by your blog post devotion on Isiah 7:18-25 cautioning us to keep away from the temptations to adopt the ways of foreign lands and foreign gods. It is so true and we need to remind us of the danger to fall pray to satan. I love getting connected with the people of God around the globe to be encoruaged, strengthened and praying for one another. I have been in the Pastoral ministry for last 39 yrs in this great city of Mumbai a city with a great contrast where richest of rich and the poorest of poor live. We reach out to the poorest of poor with the love of Christ to bring healing to the brokenhearted. We also encourage young and the adults from the west to come to Mumbai to work with us during their vacation time. I am sure they will have a life changing experience. Looking forwawrd to hear from you very soon. God's richest blessings on you, your family and friends. My email id is: dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and my name is Diwakar Wankhede
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