Friday, February 18, 2011

Day 18 Reviewed

Isaiah 3 - Isaiah 42

     We are making a lot of decisions in a short amount of time right now, there are scriptures we've already gone through, that I'm going to cling to! I love this command to Isaiah...
     "And you are not to fear what they fear or be in dread of it. It is the Lord of hosts whom you should regard as holy," (Isaiah 8:12). You are not to fear what they fear!! What does the world fear? Ha! What do they not? Market collapse, financial devastation, sickness, disease, discomfort, death...you name it! "And He is to be your fear, And He is to become your dread," (8:13). I know this sounds strange, but I believe it means...why fear what the world fears, if God is far above it. If we should dread or fear anything, it should be Him, who is strong enough to bring death to death itself!! "And He shall become a sanctuary," (8:14). He is the safest place to be.

     Did I mention He is destroying death?! God told His people that they had made a pact with death! He says: "Because you have said, 'We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we have made a pact. The overwhelming scourge will not reach us when it passes by, For we have made falsehood our refuge and we have concealed ourselves with deception,'" (Isaiah 27:15).
     Therefore, God said:
Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. He who believes in it will not be disturbed. And I will make justice the measuring line, And righteousness the level; Then hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters shall overflow the secret place. And your covenant with death shall be canceled, And your pact with Sheol shall not stand; When the overwhelming scourge passes through, Then you become its trampling place. 'As often as it passes through, it will seize you." (Isaiah 27:16-18).
      The choices are God's side or death's side.
      Look. to. Him. And be in refuge, safe, secure...
"Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts; Your eyes shall see Jerusalem an undisturbed habitation, A tent which shall not be folded, Its stakes shall never be pulled up Nor any of its cords be torn apart. But there the majestic One, the Lord, shall be for us A place of rivers and wide canals, On which no boat with oars shall go, And on which no boat with oars shall go, And on which no mighty ship shall pass -- For the Lord is our judge, The Lord is our lawgiver, The Lord is our king; He will save us --- Your tackle hangs slack; It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly, Nor spread out the sail. Then the prey of an abundant spoil will be divided; The lame will take the plunder. And no resident will say, 'I am sick'; The people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity," (Isaiah 33:20-24).

     And finally, good, solid prophecy!
Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold; My chosen one in whom My soul delights. I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not cry out or raise His voice, Nor make His voice heard in the street. A bruised reed He will not break, And a dimly burning which He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice. He will not be disheartened or crushed, Until He has established justice in the earth; And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law," (Isaiah 42:1-4).

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