Pay Attention To These Things

 

 

Good day! I’m Duane Matz and this is Today’s Living Word:

 

Isa 19:5 The waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up. 6 The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither. 7 The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River, And everything sown by the River, Will wither, be driven away, and be no more. 8 The fishermen also will mourn; All those will lament who cast hooks into the River, And they will languish who spread nets on the waters. 9 Moreover those who work in fine flax And those who weave fine fabric will be ashamed; 10 And its foundations will be broken. All who make wages will be troubled of soul.

The judgement against Egypt continues, and I think it would be wise for us to pay attention to how God dealt with these idol worshipping, God-forsaking Egyptians. This was an economic judgement of huge proportions.

 

A God sent famine in the land would greatly affect the water supply so necessary for the economic well-being of Egypt. The fresh waters of the Nile would dry up and become foul. With no annual flooding of the Nile with its fertile silt the agricultural industry, will go under. “everything sown by the river will wither and be no more.”

 

The paper industry also hit hard by this drought as the papyrus reeds dry up for lack of water.

The fishing industry is also decimated and those “Egyptian” fish that the Israelites longed for would be few and far between. Nu 11:5 "We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic;

The once flourishing textile industry and tapestries that Solomon splurged on would be no more! Pr 7:16 I have spread my bed with tapestry, Colored coverings of Egyptian linen.

This economic downturn is nothing short of a great economic depression! All who make wages will be troubled of soul.

 

 

In the midst of a drought and depression, farmers and ranchers are forced to sell their land to opportunists, as we read of in Eze 30:12 I will make the rivers dry, And sell the land into the hand of the wicked; I will make the land waste, and all that is in it, By the hand of aliens. I, the LORD, have spoken."

 

This is a judgement of God that was levied against the idol worshipping God -rejecting Egyptians, and the world would do well to [pay attention, because there are signs that A similar judgement of God is being leveled against our own God-rejecting, idol worshipping world today!

 

Again, no one wants to talk about God and judgement, but I say let’s get our heads out of the sand, and acknowledge these things, and having acknowledged them implement the cure. Repentance! Godly sorrow over our sins and a turning to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord of our lives.

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Today’s Living Word.