“Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.”
Isaiah 51:6 (NIV)
Did you ever hear your mother say, “I brought you into the world, so I can take you out of the world.”? There is some truth in that.
The One who brought the world into existence (vs13,16) is the only One who is able to take it out of existence. We hear a lot these days about how humans are going to destroy the planet and are able to save the planet by our actions. That’s raw human pride speaking. We can’t destroy the planet - although we can make parts of it hostile to human life, and we should care for our world – simply because it is more complex than we can ever imagine. The LORD is telling us through His prophet that there is a time stamp on His creation, that He will bring it to an end. In case we make the foolish mistake of thinking that our Creator doesn’t have the capability of creating something that will last forever - the LORD tells us through Isaiah that God’s salvation will last forever, and His righteousness will last forever (vs 6, 8). The Creator tells those who seek the LORD and pursue righteousness to look to Abraham, to bring to our minds what his faith in God brought forth. God will comfort us, He will bless us, He will move to deliver us. We can count on His salvation, but we cannot count on heaven and earth, nor on the inhabitants of heaven and earth for the heavens will vanish, the earth will wear out and the inhabitants are going to die like flies,
If we are those who pursue righteousness then let us;
look to Abraham
look at the heavens and the earth
listen to God’s Word
call on God to awake His arm
Come Lord Jesus come!
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