Isaiah 26:12:
Lord, You will establish peace for us,
For You have also done all our works in us.
For You have also done all our works in us.
This passage foretells the victorious culmination of Israel’s long and turbulent History. While the rulers of the age would squabble and plan, prepare and bargain, with the threats all around them the Lord had a different message. They would be disciplined by being taken off to the Babylonian Captivity but there is a time, yet future for us, when the LORD will establish peace for Israel. That will be the full peace of the millennial Messianic Kingdom wherein God will provide all that He promised Israel, proving that all God’s promises are “YES!” in Christ.
But there is an indirect application for us in the church today. Just as all of Israel’s best efforts to create and maintain peace were a failure on the national front, so our best efforts for creating peace in our lives will result in failure. Light a candle, take a bath, listen to some quiet music. All these things just provide a temporary illusion of peace. The only true peace comes from the Lord’s work within us. The paraphrase the Lord Jesus: A branch can produce no fruit on it’s own…it can only stay close to the life-giving vine.
No comments:
Post a Comment