God Knows

Isaiah 59:1 - Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor His ear heavy, that it cannot hear.

I could not help but see in Isaiah 59 how it parallels a lot of going on in our nation today. A few quotes:

Isaiah 59:4 - No one calls for justice, nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; they conceive evil and bring forth iniquity.
Isaiah 59:7-8 - Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their ways; they have made themselves crooked paths; whoever takes that way shall not know peace.

Do these words conjure up any thoughts? But hold on, God sees everything that's going on around us. Don't think He isn't privy to the thoughts of man. He sees how we have begun to shed our outer skin of morality and have exposed what the Bible calls our transgressions. It's been happening much more quickly over the past 50-60 years. It's clearly becoming more recognizable today. 

Isaiah 59:12a - For our transgressions are multiplied before [God], and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them: In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

Our sins can do nothing but cause God to consider, and I know He is, alternative action. Here is the shocking statement in this chapter: 15a - So truth fails, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Do you see this? Those who desire truth, honesty and unity in this country will become and are becoming prey--like truth telling media, conservatism or the Church. But the last part of that verse tells us Then the LORD saw it, and it displeased Him that there was no justice. Mark my word, God will intervene. His hand is not shortened that it will not save!

Yes, God sees all that's happening and for those of us who want to see good overcome evil, we will cling to His promises of judgment against this evil. Oh, we may go through some hard times to get there but a day will come when God's plans will come to fruition and "Every knee will bow and tongue confess that Jesus is Lord." How long will people struggle before they realize the Truth is God? How long will people resist Him? It's always been about God, not man.

I began yesterday's blog with Isaiah 55:11 - So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. How important it is for us to know God's Word, for guidance and promise and the truth it brings. God is eternal. Both He and His Word will never fail or fade away. There will always be a remnant of people who have seen God at work in their own lives and know what He alone is capable of doing, who will remember His Words of hope and promise. Oh, that more would fall into this category. For those who follow God closely, hear what He tells us:

Isaiah 59:21 - "As for Me," says the LORD, "this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants' descendants," says the LORD, "from this time and forevermore."