BLEAU WATERS

ISAIAH 10:20-34

The Remnant of Israel

It is usually at those times in the lowest ebbs of our lives do we call upon the Lord.  When we have exhausted all the means we know, all the resources we had, only during this time is when we ask for God's help.  God should not be our last resort, He should be a part of our every action and of our every decision.  

That's why I admire this cousin of mine, that in every aspect and facet of his life he includes the Lord.  When he watches TV, when he shoot every ball in the basket, when he feeds the dog, when he start and ends a conversation, God is a part of it all.  I don't think its overdoing it, if my God is Omnipotent(all powerful), then I don't think He'd mind if I include him in everything I do.  There's no such thing as trivial to Him.  It's better to stay always in His presence, than to be there only when you have problems.     

Isaiah 10:20-34

20  In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean on him who struck them, but will lean on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

21  A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

22  For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

23  For the Lord GOD of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in the midst of all the earth.

24  Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: "O my people, who dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with the rod and lift up their staff against you as the Egyptians did.

25  For in a very little while my fury will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction.

26  And the LORD of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when he struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. And his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it as he did in Egypt.

27  And in that day his burden will depart from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat."

28  He has come to Aiath; he has passed through Migron; at Michmash he stores his baggage;

29  they have crossed over the pass; at Geba they lodge for the night; Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul has fled.

30  Cry aloud, O daughter of Gallim! Give attention, O Laishah! O poor Anathoth!

31  Madmenah is in flight; the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.

32  This very day he will halt at Nob; he will shake his fist at the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

33  Behold, the Lord GOD of hosts will lop the boughs with terrifying power; the great in height will be hewn down, and the lofty will be brought low.

34  He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an axe, and Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One.