[Originally posted in a WhatsApp group (LRAU) as a daily reading update (reflection) from each chapter of the Bible]
𝕀𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕒𝕙
𝟙𝟙:𝟙𝟞
"And there will be a highway
from Assyria For the 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕥
of His people who will be left, Just as there was for Israel In the day that
they came up out of the land of Egypt."
God saved only the remnants. There
aren’t many who are faithful, only a few. The Bible is about remnants. Narrow
Gate, Narrow Way!
Even, there are few faithful Bible
readers in this world, in our churches, even in this group! While it is not a
sufficient indicator of our salvation or even spiritual discipline, it
corroborates the truth that there are only a few faithful people.
Btw, even the world knows that the
top of the ladder is never crowded!
𝕀𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕒𝕙
𝟙𝟚:𝟙
"Then you will say on that
day, ‘I will give thanks to You, O LORD; For although You were angry with me,
Your anger is turned away, And You comfort me.’"
Every night I get to sleep and
every morning I get to wake up, it's the sure testimony that God has turned
away His wrath upon me, for I don't deserve forgiveness to sleep and to have a
new day. But God.
Blessed be His name!
𝕀𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕒𝕙
𝟙𝟛:𝟙𝟚
"I will make mortal man
scarcer than pure gold And mankind than the gold of Ophir."
I would be perishing in this
declaration had the Lord not rescued me! The world is complaining about
population! A day will come when people will be fewer than gold! Even now in a peaceful
time, birth rates are decreasing, and infertility, selfishness, and abortions
are knocking off. Diseases can wipe off the population. War can. Natural
Disasters can. God shall fulfill what He promised!
𝕀𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕒𝕙
𝟙𝟜:𝟙𝟘
"They will all respond and say
to you, ‘Even you have been made weak as we, You have become like us.’"
One of the scariest comments in the
Bible. The mighty become like the weak. The "pseudo-godly" perishing
with the wicked. The rulers suffer with the oppressed.
This is what God will do to the
ones who do not fear Him!
𝕀𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕒𝕙
𝟙𝟝:𝟝
"My heart cries out for Moab;
His fugitives are as far as Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah, For they go up the
ascent of Luhith weeping; Surely on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of
distress over their ruin."
Oh! Who will cry for these sinners
around: for the Hindus, for the persecutors, or for the homeless beggars in
prayer for they are lost and without hope?
𝕀𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕒𝕙
𝟙𝟞:𝟞
"We have heard of the pride of
Moab, an excessive pride; Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury; His idle
boasts are false."
God really hates pride. No matter
what your assessment is, all sinners are proud ones. In the truest sense, the
most prideful Christian is more humble than any unrepentant sinner, be
Gandhiji, or whoever!
As long as we are not glorified, we
shall still struggle with pride. We are to battle pride every day!
𝕀𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕒𝕙
𝟙𝟟:𝟟
"In that day man will have
regard for his Maker And his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel."
Those who are disappointed, angry,
and upset with God do not really know the judgment of God.
I have learned from history and my
own experience that as long as we complain, we still have strength in our body.
When we are too weak, or too afraid, or too desperate, we have no complaints,
we want only deliverance.
God's judgment will be so severe
that the people will seek God's intervention.
If you are still complaining in
life, I have bad news and good news: worse things will come to you, will beat
you black and blue; but the good news is that you will learn to be grateful,
and when you do that, you will see the abundant grace of God.
God won't surrender, it's we who
have (and will be brought) to surrender. Recall the story of Job.
𝕀𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕒𝕙
𝟙𝟠:𝟜
“For thus the LORD has told me, 'I
will look from My dwelling place quietly Like dazzling heat in the sunshine,
Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.'”
Wow! What a picture!
Two comforting truths concerning
God:
1. God is not sleeping. He is
watching over us.
2. God is not panicking. He is
watching us quietly because everything is under His grand plan!
Let's learn to wait on God!
𝕀𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕒𝕙
𝟙𝟡:𝟚𝟜-𝟚𝟝
"In that day Israel will be
the third party with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth,
whom the LORD of hosts has blessed, saying, 'Blessed is Egypt My people, and
Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.'"
God shall judge everyone
accordingly. Those who fear Him will be made to worship Him, to be His people.
Those who neglect Him shall be
removed, replaced, and be in ruin!
May we be those who fear Him, who
delight in Him!
𝕀𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕒𝕙
𝟚𝟘:𝟛
"And the LORD said, 'Even as
My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot three years as a sign and token against
Egypt and Cush'"
How many of us would like to be
mightily used by God? We are inclined to think of it in positive (famous,
powerful) terms. What about, like Isaiah, to live like a beggar? No sandals, no
pants for 3 years!
When I signed up for (responded to
the call of) the Gospel Ministry 10 years ago, I said yes! But I told God that
my wife and children (if I ever get married) might not cope with me like that.
Well, I still haven't heard any
answer yet🙂😂
but definitely Psalm 37:23-26 say, "Do not fret!"
𝕀𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕒𝕙
𝟚𝟙:𝟡
"Now behold, here comes a
troop of riders, horsemen in pairs. And one said, ‘Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
And all the images of her gods are shattered on the ground.’"
A time will come when all the gods
and goddesses of all the human civilizations will be shattered as they were of
Babylon, as it was of the Philistines. God shall be exalted above all names,
powers, and thrones!
How blessed to be His people!
𝕀𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕒𝕙
𝟚𝟚:𝟙𝟚-𝟙𝟜
"Therefore in that day the
Lord GOD of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing, To shaving the head and to
wearing sackcloth. Instead, there is gaiety and gladness, Killing of cattle and
slaughtering of sheep, Eating of meat and drinking of wine: "Let us eat and
drink, for tomorrow we may die." But the LORD of hosts revealed Himself to
me, "Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you Until you die,"
says the Lord GOD of hosts."
Instead of crying in repentance,
they were enjoying self-indulgence. This is what sinners do. The godly weep
over their sins and cry out for mercy.
The joy of the Lord is not found in
partying. Romans 14:17 says the kingdom of God is not about eating and
drinking. Joy in the Lord is walking with the Lord, obedient to all His
teachings. That's also the great commission of Matthew 28:18-20.
𝕀𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕒𝕙
𝟚𝟛
ℍ𝕞𝕞!
𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍
𝚊𝚗𝚢
𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎
𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝
𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜
𝚘𝚞𝚝
𝚝𝚘
𝚖𝚎
𝚒𝚗
𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜
𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛
𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢!
𝓖𝓾𝔂𝓼,
𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼,
𝓲𝓽'𝓼 𝓸𝓴𝓪𝔂
𝓽𝓸
𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭
𝓑𝓲𝓫𝓵𝓮
𝓪𝓷𝓭
𝓷𝓸𝓽
𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓭
𝓪𝓷𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰!
𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽'𝓼 𝓶𝔂
𝓻𝓮𝓯𝓵𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷
𝓯𝓸𝓻
𝓽𝓸𝓭𝓪𝔂.
𝓗𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻,
𝔀𝓮
𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓽
𝓴𝓮𝓮𝓹
𝓸𝓷
𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰
𝓪𝓼
𝓪 𝓼𝓹𝓲𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓵
𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓬𝓲𝓹𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮.
𝓘 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮
𝓲𝓽'𝓼 𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓰
𝓽𝓸
𝓪𝓵𝓵
𝓲𝓷
𝓪 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂
𝓾𝓷𝓲𝓺𝓾𝓮
𝔀𝓪𝔂!
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