I'm reminded that Isaiah is a very sobering book... a picture of the spiritual desolation that Israel fell into, and also a sobering reminder of our own declining condition as a world and as a church.
Honestly, it's overwhelming when you look at what's happening all around... but I'm thankful we serve a God who sits on the throne, who orders the vast universe and galaxies, and He's in control.
I'm also thankful that He promises to never leave us or forsake us. As we stand faithful, seeking to surrender to Him each day and seeking to follow Him, He sees. Of course, it's difficult at times as we watch evil prosper. We are striving to honor Him with all our hearts, and yet we watch evil prosper on so many fronts. And the righteous suffer as evil prospers... but God will work, and He will make all right eventually.
I'm comforted by this verse, but I also tremble for the wicked as their reward is also coming:
"Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doing. Woe unto the wicked! It shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him." (Isa. 3:10,11)
Ellen White writes: "No truth does the Bible more clearly teach than that what we do is the result of what we are. To a great degree the experiences of life are the fruition of our own thoughts and deeds..." (Education, p. 146)
Let us continue to be faithful, even in the dark night seasons when we don't understand what God is doing or where He's leading... when all around us seems to be in turmoil. He is on the throne! And our reward is coming!
Tomorrow's Reading: Isa. 6-7 and 2 Tim. 2
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