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July 20 - Isaiah 8 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends. It is Sean.
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  Here it is Thursday and you have invited me into whatever is
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  going on in your world today so that we can take the next step
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  through the book of Isaiah together.
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  Today we continue, as Isaiah speaks to King Ahas, saying, be
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  strong, trust in God. But this is going to be so hard,
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  right? You've got these incredibly
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  enormous kingdoms above and below.
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  You've got the Egyptian empire below, you've got the Assyrian
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  empire above, you've got the growing Babylonian Empire
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  beyond. And here you are, this tiny
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  little offshoots Judah of the tiny little Israel.
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  And you think, oh man, I really need to make an alliance with
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  someone, otherwise we're just going to get squashed.
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  But God says don't don't trust me.
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  What a terrible situation to find yourself as a king, right?
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  I'd like to think that we would trust God, but it must have been
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  very difficult, and Isaiah is trying his best to convince the
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  king. So let's continue hearing
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  Isaiah's please, well, God's please.
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  Delivered through Isaiah. As we read together Isaiah
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  chapter 8, then the Lord said to me make a
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  large sign board and clearly write this name on it.
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  Mahashalal hush Baz. I asked Uriah the priest and
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  Zechariah son of Jerakaya, both known as honest men, to witness
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  my doing this. Then I slept with my wife and
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  she became pregnant and gave birth to a son.
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  And the Lord said, call him Ma Hashallah Hushbaz.
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  For before this child is old enough to say Papa or Mama, the
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  king of Assyria will carry away both the abundance of Damascus
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  and the riches of Samaria. Then the Lord spoke to me again
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  and said, my care for the people of Judah is like the gently
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  flowing waters of Shiloa, but they have rejected it.
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  They are rejoicing over what will happen to King Resin and
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  King Pika. Therefore the Lord will
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  overwhelm them with a mighty flood from the Euphrates River,
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  the King of Assyria and all his glory.
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  This flood will overthrow all its channels and sweep into
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  Judah until it is chin deep. It will spread its wings,
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  submerging your land from one end to the other.
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  O Emmanuel. Huddle together you nations, and
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  be terrified. Listen, all you lands prepare
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  for battle. That you will be crushed.
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  Yes, prepare for battle, but you will be crushed.
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  Call your councils of war, but they will be worthless.
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  Develop your strategies, but they will not succeed.
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  For God is with us. The Lord has given me a strong
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  warning not to think like everyone else does, he said.
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  Don't call everything a conspiracy like they do, and
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  don't live in dread of what frightens them.
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  Make the Lord of Heaven's armies wholly in your life.
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  He is the one you should fear. He is the one who should make
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  you tremble. He will keep you safe, but to
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  Israel and Judah he will be like a stone that makes people
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  stumble, a rock that makes them fall, and for the people of
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  Jerusalem. He will be a trap and a snare.
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  Many will stumble and fall, never to rise again.
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  They will be snared and captured.
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  Preserve the teaching of God. Entrust His instructions to
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  those who follow me. I will wait for the Lord who has
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  turned away from the descendants of Jacob.
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  I will put my hope in him, I and the children the Lord has given
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  me. Serve as signs and warnings to
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  Israel from the Lord of heaven's armies who dwells in his temple
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  on Mount Zion. Someone might say to you, Let's
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  ask the mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead
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  with their whisperings and mutterings.
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  They will tell us what to do. But shouldn't people ask God for
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  guidance? Should the living seek guidance
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  from the dead? Look to God's instructions and
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  teachings. People who contradict his word
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  are completely in the dark. They will go from one place to
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  another, weary and hungry. And because they are hungry,
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  they will rage and curse their king and their God.
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  They will look up to heaven and down at the earth.
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  But wherever they look, there will be trouble and anguish and
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  dark despair. They will be thrown out into the
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  darkness. There are so many loud voices in
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  our lives, Lord, so many loud voices shouting for us to listen
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  to them and follow their advice and their ways.
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  Thank you for the beautiful simplicity of your message
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  through this book that says come to you, trust you, listen to
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  you. And you alone have the wisdom of
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  the world and time, and you give it to us so that we can live in
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  your way. Father, we just pray that you
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  continue to shape us, that you continue to shape us to be more
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  and more like Jesus through the Holy Spirit that you've given to
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  us, that the fruits of that spirit.
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  Would grow and shape us to be your ambassadors in the world.
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  Lord, we just tune ourselves into your frequency so that it's
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  only your voice and your influence that can shape us.
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  And thank you for speaking to us and holding us even as we battle
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  all the different voices and try to find yours.
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  That's in the name of Jesus that we pray these things.
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  Amen.