- All you inhabitants of the world, you who dwell on the earth, when a signal is raised on the mountains, look! When a trumpet is blown, hear! Isaiah 18:3 – What was happening in our chapter today was that God was announcing the punishment that was to come upon Egypt. Here God speaks the the rest of the world to see and hear what He’s about to do; to pay close attention to when God speaks and moves. While we aren’t today needing to sit and watch the coming punishment on Egypt, God is raising some signals and blowing some trumpets in our stories. Question is are you watching and listening to the ways God is moving and speaking. How do we do that? As with the people in our passage, keep your eyes open and ears attentive to God. Spend time with Him and be listening to what He has to say. If you are humbly seeking God and striving to be attentive to His voice you won’t miss what He’s trying time tell you and do within in your life. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1219
- At that time tribute will be brought to the Lord of hosts from a people tall and smooth, from a people feared near and far, a nation mighty and conquering, whose land the rivers divide, to Mount Zion, the place of the name of the Lord of hosts. Isaiah 18:7 – Going into this chapter, I discovered a couple commentaries saying things like this is the “most difficult one of all 66 chapters,” and “most obscure prophies in the whole book.” Even who this prophecy is given to is debated, but it seems like most lean towards Ethiopia. What’s special though is how this chapter closes. This nation, Ethiopia or some other strong nation, will eventually come to the Lord. They will bring sacrifices to the Lord and worship Him. What a comfort that must have been to those listening to these words that were remaining faithful to God. That even the strongest of nations in their world at that time would find themselves bending the knee before the God they were trusting in. Let us remember this is our future too. Every knee will bow before our God. We can see some world powers in our day that seem so strong and so opposing to the Lord, that it doesn’t even seem possible that they would submit to Jesus. Yet we can trust the words of scripture that it is our God who reigns on high, not any worldly power. He will have the final word and He will receive all the glory. Know today that if you have placed your faith in Jesus and are choosing to serve Him faithfully within your life, you have made the correct eternal choice. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2685
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