The LORD saves… and is glorified… and is faithful
the book of isaiah has been one of those books in the bible that slows me down. there are so many things I just don’t understand/hard to understand.
i read through isaiah 36-37 today about how assyria threatened to destroy judah, but through hezekiah’s prayer and isaiah’s prophecy, God saves the day and His glory is made known.
hezekiah ends his pray by pleading with God… “now, o LORD our God, deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, LORD, are God.” isaiah 37:20
isaiah says this is what God says… “For I will defend this city to save it for My own sake and for My servant david’s sake.”
God will act according to His will… for His name sake and to keep His covenant. God is faithful to His word and is faithful to uphold his holiness, glory, and majesty.
a recurring theme throughout isaiah and the histroy of israel is the forming of alliances with unholy allies either for convenience sake, security, wealth, etc, but God wanted His people to rely solely on Him. He wanted a people who would be HIS people and HIS alone.
and that continues to be His desire for us. He wants us to be a people who will look to Him, to cry to Him, to seek Him in all things… for all things… He wants us to be His people and He wants to be our God. All to Him for His name sake and for His glory and for His Kingdom…
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