Isaiah 13:6-7
Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty and Sufficient One [Shaddai] will it come!
Therefore will [a]all hands be feeble, and every man’s heart will melt.
Interestingly, this makes me think of Jesus. Follow me here. Babylon is about to be destroyed in the pericope. There is no one to save them. They have angered God and will feel His wrath and indignation. And God is completely right in His judgment of these people. They have been consistently turning away from Him. But when I do wrong nowadays, I have an intercessor. I have a friend. I have a Savior who did a complete and finished work on the cross to stay God's anger against me and make me blameless before my righteous and holy God. It is the sacrifice Jesus made by letting God the Father's will be done when He was speaking to God in the garden that stays the wrath of God against me. I am crimson with sin but the crimson of the blood of the Lamb makes me clean. I'm so grateful for the work of the cross. Jesus was a full, complete, and sufficient sacrifice. Its done.
Isaiah 14:24
The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought and planned, so shall it come to pass, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand—
That I will break the Assyrian in My land, and upon My mountains I will tread him underfoot. Then shall the [Assyrian’s] [d]yoke depart from [the people of Judah], and his burden depart from their shoulders.
This is God's plan. The things happening right now didn't surprise God. My mentor always says there's no such thing as news when people talk to her about others she works with because she's a people observer. She knows exactly who they are. Can I offer that there is no news with God. He knit us together before our mothers knew we were in there! He planned each and everyday of our lives before the Seas were separated by land. There is nothing God didn't see happening. And not only did He know it, He planned it. It will come to pass.
One of the things He's placed on my heart is the idea of purpose. I've got promises from God that I want so badly to see BUT God has purpose in all things. There's purpose in waiting. There's purpose in why something needs to happen God's way. I've found, over the course of this life, that His way is perfect. I'm so often praying and I find myself saying Lord there's purpose there. There's something there that can only be taught this way. <----Big time surrender on my part. That's not easy. That's not trivial. There's purpose in standing on the promises of God which you can't see yet. For me, I think part of that is the building of my trust in Him. You know what makes it easier? This right here. This study and this devotion. This relationship. The reality of reading about who God really is and what He's done and how He's brought the righteous out. Knowing Him makes trusting Him a no brainer. But can I say even when its a no brainer, its still not easy. I'm still human. And not only do I need to trust Him but I need to lean on Him at all times.
Do you see how God allowed there to be a yoke upon Judah and always had a plan for breaking it? God may allow me to walk through something hard but He's going to bring me out. Not only will He be my breakthrough, He'll be so clear that it was Him and because He knows me He knows I'm going to tell people it was. His name will be glorified when the storm is over.
Case and point
Isaiah 14:27
For the Lord of hosts has purposed, and who can annul it? And His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?
Let me tell you what isn't wise. To knowingly go against the will of God. That isn't the move. Knowingly being outside the will of God is the definition of crazy. He created all things and you don't want to be where He wants you to be? Its not that He can't use you anyway but seriously? Yea no ma'am. God's got purpose in lots of things. I think back to some of the decisions I would have made had I not got on my knees, got my life together, asked some tough questions, and gotten even tougher truths from the Throne of Grace and CHILE!??!?!?!?!? I can't even fathom. There's so much I'd have missed. And honestly, it would have stifled my relationship with the Father tremendously. I think He tells us things sometimes so He can confirm them in the Word and I know He does that with me all the time. If I hadn't asked and received an answers, the truths I'e gleaned from the Word wouldn't have happened. And without some of those answers....I just don't know. Thankfully I don't ever have to find out because I wasn't that girl.
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