Isaiah 30:12-17New Living Translation (NLT)
This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel:
“Because you despise what I tell you and trust instead in oppression and lies, calamity will come upon you suddenly— like a bulging wall that bursts and falls. In an instant it will collapse and come crashing down. You will be smashed like a piece of pottery— shattered so completely that there won’t be a piece big enough to carry coals from a fireplace or a little water from the well.”
This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:
“Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved. In quietness and confidence is your strength. But you would have none of it. You said, ‘No, we will get our help from Egypt. They will give us swift horses for riding into battle.’ But the only swiftness you are going to see is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you! One of them will chase a thousand of you. Five of them will make all of you flee. You will be left like a lonely flagpole on a hill or a tattered banner on a distant mountaintop.”
“Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved. In quietness and confidence is your strength. But you would have none of it. You said, ‘No, we will get our help from Egypt. They will give us swift horses for riding into battle.’ But the only swiftness you are going to see is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you! One of them will chase a thousand of you. Five of them will make all of you flee. You will be left like a lonely flagpole on a hill or a tattered banner on a distant mountaintop.”
I read these verses today and was hit at how trusting in the wrong things I and the world can be. Last night in youth group we talked a little bit about how we are influenced by the "truths" that the world tries to tell us instead of the Bible. How we will even justify what things are right and wrong, but never look to the Bible or God about it. It is scary to think sometimes we trust and hope in what someone says instead of finding it out through the truth aka The Bible and God. WHY?!?!?!? Time and time again in the Bible we see that is a bad idea. Read the book of Judges and you will see...even in this verse!
I laugh at the part in the passage when it gets to the Egyptians. "Hey God you are cool and all, but I want to get help in my time of need from these Egyptians. They are a powerful nation and look they have these awesome horses to even help us in our battle. Don't really need You when we got swift horses!" Haha, now this is me being dumb with what I read in the verse, but it has a little truth. They would rather rely on the strength of the Egyptians for their time of battle versus the power of God! A powerful nation vs. God...God always wins!
So are you trusting in the truth God tells us in the Bible or are you despising it by allowing your life to be influenced by a powerful nation like America or the oppression and lies of the world? Return to God and rest in Him...it will be great for you :)
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