Who's In Charge Anyway?

 

Isa 3:1 For behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, Takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah The stock and the store, The whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water;

Here in chapter three, we find ourselves back in the immediate mode of prophecy. These things are going to go down against Jerusalem and Judah for their willful disobedience to God. That God is able to do such things should get the attention of His children for all time. Yes! This could happen here today! These things could be stripped away from us too, if God so chooses.

 

Before we look at what is going to be taken away from Jerusalem and the Southern Kingdom, let us note who we are dealing with. “Behold the Lord, the Lord of hosts,” Double emphasis! Don’t blow this off! Always pay attention in Scripture when things like this are repeated!

 

The Lord, the Lord will cause drought and famine. The stock and store will be depleted. The whole supply of bread and water gone! Well, that was a long time ago, God couldn’t do that today! We have a bountiful supply for all our needs.

 

Is that really true? How were those store shelves looking when the Covid pandemic arrived? How was the water supply holding up in Texas last February.  Tell those 1.4 million Texans who were without a water supply for over a month due to a freak winter storm.

 

Did I say freak? In light of the Word of God, that was a careless choice of words! Nothing is freak when it comes to weather. God is in charge! Mt 8:27 assures us of this fact! “So the men marveled, saying, "Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?"

If God so chooses, He is able to use weather to get our attention. Na 1:3says, “The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, And will not at all acquit the wicked. The LORD has His way In the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds are the dust of His feet.”

But alas, I’m afraid it will take more than temporary shortages of necessities to get our attention. We still pretty much believe that self-sufficient man is able to overcome anything God throws our way.  

 

As for me and my house, we will continue to believe that our help is in the name of “the Lord, the Lord of hosts.”