Sunday, October 27, 2024
Friday, October 25, 2024
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Oct 25 – Past Forgotten - Isaiah 65:13-16
Oct 25 – Past Forgotten - Isaiah 65:13-16
The prophet puts a contrast between the believer and unbeliever. The believe will eat, drink, and rejoice. The pagan will be hungry, thirsty, and put to shame. Servants of the Lord will have joy in their hearts, and it will be expressed through song. The evil ones will have anguish, sorrow, wail and have brokenness of spirit.
Evil ones will become a curse and byword. The Sovereign Lord will put them to death. His servants will have a new name. In that day the blessing of the Lord will be upon the land. It will belong to the one true God. They will swear by the name of the Lord. Past troubles will be hidden and forgotten.
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Oct 24 – Consequences - Isaiah 65:11-12
Oct 24 – Consequences - Isaiah 65:11-12
For those who forsake the Lord and forget about His holy mountain. Those who gamble and rely on chance or fate. They say that destiny leads them. Their destiny is the sword. They will come not the fate of slaughter. He Lord called out to them, but they did not answer. He spoke but they did not listen. They were on the wrong wavelength. They did evil in His sight and chose by an act of their will to displease the Lord. Whenever we chose our own way, it brings natural and eternal consequences.
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Oct 23 – The Lord Rises - Isaiah 65:6-10
Oct 23 – The Lord Rises - Isaiah 65:6-10
This message is both a message of judgment and salvation. The Lord has seen what is written and He promised to not hold back. From times to present times the people have burned sacrifices and offerings to pagan gods, idols, and deities. The Lord has found the payment for sin now come to the full.
Yet because the Lord is merciful and there is a covenant of blessing through Abraham and the other servants of the Lord, He will not fully destroy them. He will have His remnant. He will have individuals that will once again possess the land. They will live and turn the plain of Sharon a pasture for flocks. The Valley Achor will be a resting place for herds and the people will seek the Lord.
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Oct 22 – Smole in the Nostrils - Isaiah 65:1-5
Oct 22 – Smole in the Nostrils - Isaiah 65:1-5
Isaiah continues his message and diatribe. The Lord revealed Himself to a people who did know Him. He was found by people who did not seek Him. That is how we are come. While we were yet sinner Christ died for us. He spoke to a nation that did not call on His name and said, “Here I am.”
The Lord is reaching out to an obstinate people who walk in their own ways and imaginations. They are a people that offer sacrifices in gardens and on altars of brick. They sit among graves doing night vigils for idols and they eat unclean animals. They believe that they are sacred and pure when they are smoke in the Lord’s nostrils.
Monday, October 21, 2024
Oct 21 – Heed - Isaiah 64:10-11
Oct 21 – Heed - Isaiah 64:10-11
The prophets sees that the sacred cities have been turned into a wasteland. Both the area of Zion and Jerusalem itself. The temple where generations of Israel worshipped the Lord has been burned with fire. All they treasured now lies in ruins. Yu can hear the heart of the prophet breaking. He then requests that the Lord no longer hold Himself back. He asks the question, “Lord will you keep silent and punish us beyond measure? Isaiah sees the future. His knows what is coming that is why He wrote it down and hundred years before it happens. There is still time and he hope that Judah will heed it.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Friday, October 18, 2024
Oct 18 – Days of Old - Isaiah 63:17-19
Oct 18 – Days of Old - Isaiah 63:17-19
This work of literature continues with the story of Israel and the kindness of the Lord. Isaiah states in a form of question and prayer. Why is the Lord making us wander away from your ways? Why is our hearts harden and we do not revere or fear you? He then prays that for the sake of His people and servants help them to return. Israel is His inheritance.
Isaiah sees that they have the privilege of possessing the land and building a temple. It had become the holy place of the Lord. Now the enemies have trampled the sanctuary. Isaiah’s heart is broken as He prays. He reminds the Lord that as a nation they are His from ancient times. Unfortunately, because of the people’s rebellion the Lord has not ruled over them and they have not been called by His name. Let us never get to that place.
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Oct 17 - Isaiah 63:15-16
Oct 17 - Isaiah 63:15-16
Isaiah continues with this power piece of literature. He describes the Lord as one who dwells in heaven. His throne is lofty, holy, and glorious. The Lord is awesome. He wonders why the Lord has held back his zeal, might, tenderness and compassion. The Lord is their Father even though the descendants of Abraham and Israel know or acknowledge currently. The Lord is still the father, and redeemer even if people do not know or acknowledge it. The Lord is who He is. He is the great I am. He is the Alpha and Omega and the Beginning and the end. The Fatherhood of God is a recurring theme throughout the Bible.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Oct 16 – Red Sea Crossing - Isaiah 63:11-14
Oct 16 – Red Sea Crossing - Isaiah 63:11-14
Isaiah is recounting for his readers that they have quite the history. Remember how in the days of Moses that the Lord brought them through the Red Sea. He was like a shepherd watching over His flock. He sent His Holy Spirit among them. They had divine help and guidance. Through the parting of the Red Sea by Moses the Lord had gained everlasting renown. He led them through the sea like a horse in open country. They did not stumble and like cattle going down to the plain. Things went smoothly.
The people were giving rest by the Spirit of the Lord. They were guided by the Lord and because of that He gained a glorious name. People remember Moses, the Red Sea and Israel but history does not remember which Pharaoh or commanders of the Egyptian armies.
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
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Oct 15 – Don’t Grieve the Holy Spirit - Isaiah 62:7-10
Oct 15 – Don’t Grieve the Holy Spirit - Isaiah 62:7-10
Isaiah then begins a time of prayer and praise. He will tell of the goodness of the Lord and the things for which He is to praise for. Especially for the things has done for Israel. The Lord is compassionate and kind. He will bring back his people and help them to be true and recognize that He is their savior. In their distress He was distress and that His angel of His presence saved them. Isaiah is reflecting on the time the nation was in the wilderness and had the personal guidance of the angel of the Lord.
The Lord in His mercy and love He redeemed His people. He lifted them up and carried just like the days of old. They however rebelled and grieved the Holy Spirit. So, He turned and became their enemy and He Himself fought against them. There is many warning about quenching or grieving the Holy Spirit. This is one thing that a believer must be careful of.
Sunday, October 13, 2024
Friday, October 11, 2024
Oct 11 – Watchman - Isaiah 62:5-7
Oct 11 – Watchman - Isaiah 62:5-7
The Lord promises to rebuild and will rejoice over them as a builder or bridegroom marries. The Lord will set watchman on the walls. They will not be silent. They will call on the Lord as will the inhabitants. They will not give the Lord any rest. This is the ministry of prophetic intercession. They will not give the Lord any rest until He has established His promises, blessings, and benefits. The city and the people of God are designed to bring praise on behalf of the Lord through out the earth.
This is a direct exhortation for the people of God to be intercessors and advocate in the ministry of prayer. We are the one who stand in the gap between the living and the dead like Aaron. If we don’t pray nothing will change. Remember you have not because you ask not. So ask.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Oct 10 – Beulah - Isaiah 62:1-4
Oct 10 – Beulah - Isaiah 62:1-4
Isaiah decides to speak on behalf of the Jewish people and for Jerusalem. For her sake he will not be quiet and must let his views to be known. On behalf of the Lord the community will shine like the dawn and the salvation is shows shall blaze like a burning torch. Don’t you just love the use of imagery and language here.
The nations will see her vindication and kings will see her glory. The mouth of the Lord will declare a new name for her. They will be crown with a crown of splendor from the and of the Lord. A royal diadem in the hand of the Lord. The people of God show forth His praise and glory. No longer will they be desolate or called a waste place. You will be called Hephzibah, or my delight is in her. Also be called Beulah which means married to the Lord. The Lord will delight in you and the land will be married to the land.
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
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Oct 9 – Displaying His Glory - Isaiah 61:10-11
Oct 9 – Displaying His Glory - Isaiah 61:10-11
Isaiah closes this chapter talking about his own experience in the Lord. He greatly delights in the Lord. His soul rejoices in God. He has been clothed with the garments of salvation and all its benefits. He has been arrayed wit the robe of His righteousness. Our garments of sin are gone.
The Lord adorns His people head with a mitre. We have been adorned like a bride in jewels. The Lord make His people a fruitful plant in good soil. The nutrients He gives makes seed of righteousness and holiness to grow. The sovereign Lord makes His people righteous and objects of praise through the nations. What a beautiful picture and reality for the people of God.
