Isaiah 2-4 Losing Everything To Find The One Thing

Isaiah seems to move fluidly back and forth in time, from the coming Kingdom Age, back to the Last Days, and back again.  He was shown the Temple Mount being raised miraculously, nations peacefully coming together to worship the Lord, peace reigning on earth, and “Then God will teach us His ways, and we will obey His teachings.”  God will enable us to obey Him fully!

But snapping back to Isaiah’s present time, he says, “Lord, You have left Your people … because they have become filled with wrong ideas from people in the east.”  That is happening even today as people start becoming curious about Eastern religions, including Islam.  It goes on, “They have completely accepted those foreign ideas.”  This so galled Isaiah that he asked, “God, do not forgive them…”

“The Lord All-Powerful has a certain day planned when He will punish the proud …”  He’s planned it and knows what day it will happen, and we do not.  How could anyone be so prideful that they could believe they can live as they want and then make the switch to Him just before that day comes?

My commentary says, “God will judge His people by taking away from them everything they were trusting including food and water, leaders and soldiers, and judges and prophets … The national leaders in Isaiah’s day (and in ours as well) were charting a course that was out of the will of God and would ultimately bring disaster, but the righteous remnant will be protected by God.”

His people will find God’s will for their lives when they lose everything they’ve been trusting in besides Him!  That is an important concept for us to take hold of when we find that we are losing those things that seem most important to us.  God, in those times, will be at work in our lives, helping to direct us toward His will for us.

Father, that sure seems to be happening in my own life lately, and I pray that You will focus me on what You’re doing, knowing in my heart that the why is already settled – because You love me and want me in Your will.

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford