You Gotta Love God!

During our quiet time this morning, I found an entry in one of my journals from this day back in 1995. The verse that I wrote about was Isaiah 31:4---For thus has the Lord spoken unto me, "like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice nor abase himself for the noise of them. So shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof."

Sounds cryptic doesn't it?
What do we see first? References to Lion's. Could that be Jesus, the Lion of the tribe of Judah? I think so.
The lion is roaring against his prey. What would Jesus' prey be. Well, a lion goes after the weak and crippled of the herd. Jesus said that he came for the sick and afflicted. That the Spirit of the Lord rested upon him and anointed him to preach good news. So here we have a picture of Jesus as the lion, with his prey or the ones that he has gathered unto himself. You may be thinking, "Yeah...but this prey is dead." Of course it is....does Jesus not bid us to come and die? He does. Die in the manner of our old fleshly nature, that sin nature. That nature at work within us that causes us to "Do that which we do not want to do."

Notice what else happens in this verse. It says that "a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him."
Shepherds in this case would be those men (and women) who have been deceived by the spirit of this world. They have a form of godliness but deny the power thereof. Philippians 3:18 describes them as "enemies of the cross of Christ." Pastor's and preachers who profess a love for Christ....who use the name of Christ, but in truth do not teach or share about the atoning blood of Christ. Do not teach of the power of his resurrection and the gospel of Christ. If you check out teaching on the Internet or on TV, you won't find many who teach or preach on the following: Sin, hell, blood of Jesus, justification, reconciliation, sanctification, regeneration. But what you will find is a man-centered gospel that tickles the ears of those who listen. The message is about "YOUR" destiny. "YOUR" life of fulfillment. "YOUR" joy and "YOUR" happiness. You will not hear where any of those things above, like they are important, is directly tied to the state and condition of your heart. In other words, the blessing of God only come to those who are obedient. Blessing are not free nor are they a right. The blessing of God falls on the shoulders of those men and women who are following Jesus and living the Kingdom of God every day.

These men and women who preach a different gospel have come out against the very LORD who died to save them. If you read on in Isaiah 31:4 you will see where it speaks of the LORD not being afraid of their voice, nor will he lower himself to their level. Don't be mislead by all the voices out there today all claiming to speak for God. I also do not want you to be afraid that you might be mislead or deceived. Ground yourself in the Word of God. Ask God to give you wisdom and discernment. Jesus said that, "His sheep know his voice and they follow Him." Cool huh?

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God on you....
mb