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August 2 - Isaiah 15 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it is Sean here and it is another day where you
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  have invited me into your routine as we read together
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  another chapter of God's Word. And today is the 2nd of August.
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  It is a Wednesday and the 2nd of August is quite an amazing Day
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  in History. Just having a look through the
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  history books during the First World War on this day.
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  This is the day that Great Britain gets mobilized and joins
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  the war. It's also the day that Russian
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  troops invade Eastern Prussia. And fascinatingly, on this day,
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  Turkey and Nazi Germany quietly in the background, form a secret
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  Treaty of alliance. And then on this day, 30 years
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  later, toward the end of the Second World War, Turkey
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  formally abandons their diplomatic relationship with
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  Nazi Germany. Ah, the tides of humanity.
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  You know, as we read the Old Testament, we think, ah, these
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  nations rise and fall. We're still doing it today,
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  aren't we? It's just the way of the world.
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  So today we will continue reading.
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  This is a much shorter reading. This is God declaring judgments
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  on Moab through the prophet Isaiah.
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  So join me friends, as we read together.
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  Isaiah, chapter 15. This message came to me
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  concerning Moab. In one night the town of AR will
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  be leveled and the city of Kerr will be destroyed.
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  Your people will go to their temple in Dibonne to mourn.
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  They will go to the sacred shrines to weep.
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  They will wail for the fate of Nebo and Madiba, shaving their
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  heads in sorrow and cutting off their beards.
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  They will wear burlap as they wander the streets from every
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  home in public square will come the sound of wailing.
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  The people of Heshbon and Aliyila will cry out.
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  Their voices will be heard as far away as J has.
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  The bravest warriors of Mohab will cry out in utter terror.
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  They will be helpless with fear. My heart weeps for Moab.
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  Its people will flee to Zoa and Eglath, Shelisia.
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  Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith.
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  Their cries of distress can be heard all along the road to
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  Hornaim. Even the waters of Nimrim are
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  dried up. The grassy banks are scorched.
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  The tender plants are gone. Nothing green remains.
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  The people grab their possessions and carry them
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  across the ravine of willows. A cry of distress echoes through
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  the land of Moab. From one end to the other, from
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  egglame to bear a limb. The stream near Dibbon runs red
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  with blood. But I'm still not finished with
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  Dibbon lions will hunt down the survivors, both those who try to
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  escape and those who remain behind.
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  Lord, as we read these verses of judgments, it would be easy for
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  us to think that you have a pernicious streak and angry,
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  vengeful streak. But here we read these words
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  that even in the midst of your judgments on this evil nation,
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  you weep for these people. Your heart breaks for them, as
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  they have urged, so far away from the way that you wish your
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  people to live. Thank you that you are a God who
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  rules with your heart, who loves, who reaches out, who
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  restores yes you discipline, but this always happens in a
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  relationship of fatherly love and affection.
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  Help us to continue to live our lives with this ongoing stance
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  of love, your love that we can share it with the world around
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  us that is in such desperate need of that as a foundation
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  from which to live, shape us to be more like you, our God.
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  We pray all this in the name of Jesus.
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  Amen.