He Created the Risk Board!

 

    

Isa 7:18 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. 19 They will come, and all of them will rest In the desolate valleys and in the clefts of the rocks, And on all thorns and in all pastures

Have you ever seen bees swarm? It’s one of my earliest childhood memories of growing up on a farm. Bees everywhere in the air, clouding the sky as they search for a new place to live. Their new abode could be in the clefts of rocks (any opening for that matter) or in the hollows of trees, or nests built in bushes and trees.  

 

God will whistle for these foreign armies and they will come and overrun Judah and then settle in every nook and cranny in the land. It’s His plan, it’s what He said He would do to judge Judah for their sins, and He did it.

If you ever find yourself struggling with the concept of the sovereignty of God, remember this verse from Isaiah. God is able to whistle for the bee and the fly. Like a trained dog, they will come and do his bidding. The bee and fly have no choice, they must do the Lord’s bidding.

 

The point is, He has the same power over the nations. He is able to move them around like a giant game board of Risk. Pr 21:1 tells us: “The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.”

 

We may not like what we see going on in the nations of the world, but as bad as it may seem, God has a reason, and He has a plan and HE uses these nations as pawns to carry it out.

 

Whatever it may be that we don’t like about the situation in the nations of the world, let us humbly make it a matter of prayer, petitioning the One who created the Risk board. He is the only One who really can do anything about it! And maybe….just maybe, He is using these situations to stir us up as an arm of His mercy.