PEACE You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.  Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock. —Isaiah 26:3-4             People want peace from war, from conflicts of any sorts.  Only the wicked in heart truly want conflict and seek the destruction of others.  From the beginning of time there was only one time frame where absolute world peace reigned on earth.  That was before Adam and Eve disobeyed God and sin and death entered the world.  Since then world peace has not been known.  There has always been conflict since then.  It started immediately with conflict…

NOT HOPELESS, BUT HOPEFUL “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” —Isaiah 22:13 If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” —I Corinthians 15:32             Here’s a fatalistic, hopeless, purposeless view of life.  Why not live for the senses if that is all life is about?  If we hope not in anything but this life then let us live it up to the fullest selfish pleasures as possible as we define them.  If we have no more purpose in life than a rock then why not look at for our own needs and enjoy life to our own heart’s content?  Short lived…

FEAR NOT!  For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever.  He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD. —Psalm 112:6-7             We have the righteousness of God through Christ (Romans 3:22; II Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 3:9) and we will never be moved.  We are eternally secure in His righteousness and will be remembered forever.  Brother and sister in our Lord Jesus Christ, we are so fortunate!             Why should we fear even bad news on this planet or in this life?  This is quickly passing away and we will be in our heavenly home.  Bad news cannot break the security…

GREAT ARE HIS WORKS! Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression. —Isaiah 10:1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. —11:1 Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who delight in them. —Psalm 111:2             It started with the false statements about Jesus during His three year ministry among us.  Those opposing Him made false accusations about Him, sinful accusations, and blasphemous accusations against the King of kings.  Whether in writing or communicated verbally, sinful communications were made about Jesus, accusations that would lead to His death…

GOD IS PERFECT IN JUSTICE, MAN IS NOT But the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness. —Isaiah 5:16 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!  Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!  Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, and valiant men in mixing strong drink,  who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right! —Isaiah 5:20-23  If you are not firm in faith, you will not be…

THE KING IS COMING! And people shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.  In that day mankind will cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats,  to enter the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cliffs, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.  Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for…

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD…NOTHING! With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes. —Psalm 108:13 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. —Psalm 20:7 I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. —John 15:5 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” —Matthew 19:26             What can we do as humans that will last for eternity?  Nothing…  All that is…

LIFE IS IN HIS HANDS In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.’ ”  Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,  “Now, O LORD, please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.  And before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the LORD came to…

HIS PLAN ALWAYS PREVAILS! Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass.—II Kings 19:25 “Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it.  By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the LORD.  For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”  And that night the…

MAKE HIM KNOWN! Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!  Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!  —Psalm 105:1-2 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. —I Peter 2:9             What can you sing and praise the Lord our God for today?  Can you praise Him for the wonder of the rain falling?  Praise Him for the spring growth that will be coming because of the rain.  Soon flowers…