“These also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed by wine, they stagger with strong drink, they reel in vision, they stumble in giving judgment.” Isaiah 28:7 ESV Reflection: what does it mean when a pastor has become “drunk”? I watched a […]
“In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit.” Isaiah 27:6 ESV Reflection: how has Israel blessed the world? As children, we looked for dandelions that were past flowering, but with their white crowns waiting for the wind to spread their seeds.
“On that day sing about a desirable vineyard: I am the LORD, who watches over it to water it regularly. So that no one disturbs it, I watch over it night and day.”Isaiah 27:2-3 (CSB) Reflection: what is required to produce a fine wine? The ability to make wine is about as old as time
“O Lord, you will ordain peace for us, for you have indeed done for us all our works.”Isaiah 26:12 ESV Reflection: how can we know our works are of the Lord, and not ourselves? Peace seems to be one of the most elusive things, pursuits of mankind. You can look at any current or past
“In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.” Isaiah 26:1-2 ESV Reflection: who can enter the city of the Lord? If you pay attention
“It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”” Isaiah 25:9 ESV Reflection: what are you longing for? Much of the central to eastern
“O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure. For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin; the foreigners’ palace is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.” Isaiah
“The earth is utterly broken, the earth is split apart, the earth is violently shaken. The earth staggers like a drunken man; it sways like a hut; its transgression lies heavy upon it, and it falls, and will not rise again.” Isaiah 24:19-20 ESV Reflection: why is sin equated to a heavy weight? We have
“The earth lies defiled under its inhabitants; for they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few men are left.” Isaiah 24:5-6 ESV Reflection: who should we be grateful
“In that day the Lord God of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth; and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”” Isaiah 22:12-13 ESV Reflection: why do children disobey their parents? Perhaps the most
