Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Isaiah 2:3-11 - Don't be the World's Doppelganger


Thus say the people: "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.
For thou hast rejected thy people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of diviners from the east and of soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with foreigners. Their land is filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; their land is filled with horses, and there is no end to their chariots. Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made. So man is humbled, and men are brought low -- forgive them not! Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust from before the terror of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty. The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the pride of men shall be humbled; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

The house of Jacob, Israel - God's own people - have struck a deal with foreigners  that is, those whom reject the Lord. There is no difference between Israel and Philistia.  Both have soothsayers, both are prosperous and feel they have no need of God, both always make ready for war and both are full of arrogance, as they fall before idols.  Yet, the Lord along, in that day, will be exalted.

God calls His people to humility. He beckons His own not to be like those around Him.  Rather, as the law goes forth out of Zion and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem, we should walk in the light of the Lord.  It is in returning to Christ, each and every day, that I will not be found with those who hide their face from the Lord when He comes in the glory of His majesty.

O my soul, forsake the Philistines! For they know nothing of the Lord and yet, and their haughtiness will be brought low. Rather, this day, let me humbly walk in the light of the Lord. Amen.

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