Read: Is. 31-34
As Christians, our only hope is in God. The government is not our source and our job is not our source. Jesus alone is our source. God has promised to fight for us and restore Jerusalem to his people. If He can do that, he can restore our inheritance to us. If we just look at the promises in today’s reading we will see that a king will reign in righteousness. We will be able to see what God is doing and hear what He is saying. Our hearts will understand knowledge and be able to speak the wisdom of God.
The spirit will be poured out from heaven and the wilderness will be fruitful like a forest. God’s righteousness will bring peace, quietness and assurance. We will dwell in peaceable habitations that are safe and quiet.
We that loved evil will reap the benefits of evil and go through the fire of God’s wrath. But the righteous that walk in God’s ways and speak God’s words: that refuse to be crooked in their business and refuse to hear of the horrors of the wicked, they shall dwell in the secret place of the Almighty. We will be fed and given water to drink. We will see the Lord in his beauty. He will be our judge and our lawgiver, and our king; He will save us! The Lord will avenge our enemies.
Lord, help us to look to You when all we see is disturbingly evil. Take the blinders off the eyes of your people and help them to discern good and evil.
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