I am slowly falling in love with the book of Isaiah and today I would like to share with you my thoughts from this book.
About the euphoric state just after what I call the awakening, which is the starting point for conversion as a long-term process comes the prose of life and the burdens of the old life and the new.
Full of evil husband, wife, or even death of someone close, oppression at work, financial problems, etc. Total storm...
It also comes with knowledge and conspiracies, and as Anthony Hopkins said in one of his movies, "awareness hurts."
Overall, you could say "it was supposed to be so beautiful"....
The problem joins the problem. In Isaiah 51, a prison is mentioned:
"The captive will soon be released, he will not die in the underground dungeon nor will he feel the lack of bread."
Some will say, how so, after all we are free in Christ. Yes, we are free in spirit, but not in the flesh, and we are not free from "our" beliefs.
Do you sometimes feel like you are in prison?
In prison were Joseph, Paul, and Peter.
Don't you feel that circumstances make you feel like a slave to the situation?
This is what God spoke of through the mouth of Isaiah, and before he spoke of the dungeon, he shakes us up like this:
“I AND ONLY I AM thy comforter. Who are you that you tremble before mortal man and before the son of man, whom they will deal with as with grass? (13) You have forgotten the Lord, your Creator, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth; and still after days you are in fear of the fury of the oppressor, when he is entreated to destroy. But where is the fury of the oppressor?"
Who are you that you tremble before man oppressing you?
A man with whom God will deal as with grass.
Have you already forgotten who your God is?
Many are afraid of the end of the world and chips, which means they are afraid of people.
all day long you are in fear of the rage of the oppressor as he sets out to destroy. But where is the rage of the oppressor?
Who is your oppressor to God?
I know it is easy to say, but evil does not last forever. Your situation may seem tragic, but the evil you are experiencing will only last a while, and then liberation will come.
"The captive will soon be released, he will not die in the underground dungeon nor will he feel the lack of bread."
Well, waku up! Wake up!
But I am the Lord your God, who thunders the sea, so that its depths are shaken. - The Lord of hosts is my name. - (16) I have put my words in your mouth, and in the shadow of my hand I have hidden you, that I may stretch out the heavens and establish the earth, and that I may say to Zion: You are my people. (17) Wake up, wake up at last!
These words can be applied to the individual as well as to the Ecclesia of Jesus on earth. Evil will not continue forever. Therefore, there is deliverance in Jesus Christ.
Syracha. "The patient until then will suffer sorrow, but afterwards joy will blossom for him. "
Praise the Lord Jesus!
Right on point and right on time. Thank you brother for your word.
May you be blessed by the Lord Jesus who thunders the seas.
What about teenagers who are so oppressed at school that they commit suicide? Or people in general who are so oppressed by other people that they commit this act.
Will God have mercy on their souls?