Isaiah 7
As Jerusalem is threatened by invaders, the Lord tells Isaiah:
Two key takeaways this morning, particularly after the election:
(1) The Lord is in control of all things at all times (v7)
(2) Our faith in Him is the most important (v9), Mark 12:28-30
My Prayer: Lord, You alone reign over everything at all times forever and forever. You know why things happen and why and when things will happen. You allow things to happen and You also prevent things from happening. It is You alone in whom I must have faith. Yet I have faith too much in people and government and this is not right - it is sinful. I know You love me anyway, but please forgive me that I am not standing firm in my faith. Purify me, refine me. Help me be more like You Jesus Christ and help me act like Jesus Christ. Take me and make me Yours.
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. v14
As Jerusalem is threatened by invaders, the Lord tells Isaiah:
7 Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says:“‘It will not take place,
it will not happen,8 for the head of Aram is Damascus,
and the head of Damascus is only Rezin.
Within sixty-five years
Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people.
9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son.
If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.’” (v7-9)
it will not happen,8 for the head of Aram is Damascus,
and the head of Damascus is only Rezin.
Within sixty-five years
Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people.
9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son.
If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.’” (v7-9)
Two key takeaways this morning, particularly after the election:
(1) The Lord is in control of all things at all times (v7)
(2) Our faith in Him is the most important (v9), Mark 12:28-30
28 One of the teachers of the law
came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good
answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most
important?”
29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. Mark 12:28-30
My Prayer: Lord, You alone reign over everything at all times forever and forever. You know why things happen and why and when things will happen. You allow things to happen and You also prevent things from happening. It is You alone in whom I must have faith. Yet I have faith too much in people and government and this is not right - it is sinful. I know You love me anyway, but please forgive me that I am not standing firm in my faith. Purify me, refine me. Help me be more like You Jesus Christ and help me act like Jesus Christ. Take me and make me Yours.
