Go Ahead, Whistle For A Fly

 

Isa 7:17 "The LORD will bring the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father's house-days that have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah." 18 And it shall come to pass in that day That the LORD will whistle for the fly That is in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt, And for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

 

The Lord speaks to King Ahaz through the prophet Isaiah and tells him, “this nation of Assyria with whom you want to make an alliance to save your skin, will rise up against you. I will beckon them in my timing and they will be an instrument of My judgment against you.”

 

This will not be pretty. It will mirror in many ways the downfall of the northern tribes (Ephraim)  who continually practiced the abominations that Ahaz was now engaging in. (Baal worship, child sacrifice, etc)   

 

Listen to the faulty reasoning of Ahaz as he seeks help in defending Jerusalem:

 

2Ch 28:23 For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him, saying, "Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me." But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel.

 

“They were the ruin”……… telling words. Sometimes we seek help for our dilemmas in the wrong places and we are willing to compromise our faith for what we view as an answer. We look to the arm of flesh to save us, but we really need is the Spirit of the Lord.

 

Zec 4:6 So he answered and said to me: "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' Says the LORD of hosts.

Let’s look at it this way: when we are able to whistle for flies and bees and they come buzzing to us to do our beck and call, maybe then we can rely on our flesh. Start today! Let me know when that first fly sits and shakes paw.