Mon.’s Devo - God’s Ways

Read: Isaiah 28:14-30:11; Galatians 3:23-4:31; Psalm 62:1-12; Proverbs 23:19-21
The Assyrians are coming and they are not prepared because they have listened to the lies of their false prophets. There is no hope in their lies, but God is true. He promises to lay a foundation stone in Jerusalem where they can build a refuge and a building for the Lord that will never be torn down. He is speaking of salvation by faith - not a physical building. Jesus will be the cornerstone and he will bring life. God likened what was happening to plowing a field. He was plowing the field so he could plant new seed and reap a harvest. Once he leveled the ground, he would not keep leveling it but he would plant on it. Jerusalem would be plowed to the ground and uninhabited. The eyes of the people would be blinded so they wouldn’t be able to envision what God was doing or saying. Even Isaiah’s words would be like a book in another language; they wouldn’t be able to read it or understand it.
This is a picture of the unbeliever who can not see the truth. They have been blinded and even when they read the Word of God, they can’t understand it until it is time. We are coming to that time when God is opening the eyes of the Christian and the unbeliever and they are beginning to see.
Isaiah gives a woe to those who refuse to see the truth and those who refuse to obey the Lord. They will be put to shame because they caused shame and disgrace. But, we are not those who tell the prophets not to speak. We want to hear what God has to say so he is speaking loud and often. We are living in a glorious day!
In Galatians, Paul explained that the law was meant to bring us to faith. Before, the children of Israel were sons who didn’t know their rights and were not living in their inheritance, but now they are sons who know their inheritance and are living in it. The old covenant still made its followers slaves because it was natural but the new covenant of grace makes its followers free.
We are no longer slaves to religion and doing good, but we are free to experience God’s presence and walk with him in righteousness. We do this not out of obligation but out of love and relationship. We can know God!
Lord thank you that we can pray with David who said, “My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him.” Thank you that through our trusting in You we will never be shaken.