Isaiah 2:12-14 – The Unseen in the Seen
From Isaiah 2 – 12 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall come upon everything proud and lofty, upon everything lifted up – and it shall be brought low – 13 upon the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, and upon the oaks of Bashan; 14 upon all the high mountains, and upon the hills that are lifted up
"Wake me up to Your glory," pleads I Am They in the appropriately named song "Over and Over Again."
God's Word to Isaiah offers just such a wake-up call, and testifies to its necessity. The lofty looks and hearty demeanors of men which that Word confront in the previous verse show the symptoms of heart sick unto death, pride clogging the arteries which maintain life altogether if not for some intervening grace. Since pride manifests itself in the eyes, God deigns to address the eyes first.
He shows His willingness and ability to demonstrate mastery of the unseen by moving the seen first. Surely eyes that have beheld high mountains, sturdy oaks and cedars have forecasted that these things will last nigh unto forever. These have been landmarks and points of reference for generations. But what if the God Who claims He spoke them into existence in Genesis, Who claims that He sustains them, is still in the business of forming and reforming?
Then the lofty assumptions which readily circulate through human hearts and thoughts and dull our God awareness have some explaining to do. They and their satanic source should be in the dock instead of God. If we see what we heretofore thought unmovable move, we might begin to hold our previous assumptions at arms length, and begin to wonder if what we previously believed about our own or our culture's invulnerability is also suspect.
Even if the mountains and the most imposing trees don't move today, what else might God move in order to cause us to begin asking healthy questions? How might He use even a subtle change in the norms of our jobs, our families, our environment to cause us to look within? Move our water sources, and we will begin to worry about thirst. If He moves them and satisfies them for the moment in God obvious ways, perhaps by His grace we will plead that our soul thirst be satisfied.
"Wake me up to Your glory," pleads I Am They in the appropriately named song "Over and Over Again."
God's Word to Isaiah offers just such a wake-up call, and testifies to its necessity. The lofty looks and hearty demeanors of men which that Word confront in the previous verse show the symptoms of heart sick unto death, pride clogging the arteries which maintain life altogether if not for some intervening grace. Since pride manifests itself in the eyes, God deigns to address the eyes first.
He shows His willingness and ability to demonstrate mastery of the unseen by moving the seen first. Surely eyes that have beheld high mountains, sturdy oaks and cedars have forecasted that these things will last nigh unto forever. These have been landmarks and points of reference for generations. But what if the God Who claims He spoke them into existence in Genesis, Who claims that He sustains them, is still in the business of forming and reforming?
Then the lofty assumptions which readily circulate through human hearts and thoughts and dull our God awareness have some explaining to do. They and their satanic source should be in the dock instead of God. If we see what we heretofore thought unmovable move, we might begin to hold our previous assumptions at arms length, and begin to wonder if what we previously believed about our own or our culture's invulnerability is also suspect.
Even if the mountains and the most imposing trees don't move today, what else might God move in order to cause us to begin asking healthy questions? How might He use even a subtle change in the norms of our jobs, our families, our environment to cause us to look within? Move our water sources, and we will begin to worry about thirst. If He moves them and satisfies them for the moment in God obvious ways, perhaps by His grace we will plead that our soul thirst be satisfied.
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