Inquire! Inquire!

 

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

 

Isa 21:11 The burden against Dumah. He calls to me out of Seir, "Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?" 12 The watchman said, "The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; Return! Come back!"

 

I find myself back to the Book of Isaiah today, having been going through it verse by verse, I last left off with the “burden against Babylon.” In verses 11 and 12 a new area that God is going to “unload” on. The city of Dumah! This city was a city founded by the Ishmaelites and now located in the territory  called Seir which was the land of the Edomites.

 

All these “ites” can be confusing, and quite frankly it would take too much time in a short devotion to give you all the background.  Let’s just turn to  Ps 137:7 to see why the “Lord was going to “unload” on them!

 

‘Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, "Raze it, raze it, To its very foundation!"”

 

These people were cheering the Babylonian captivity of Judah and basically chanting for Jerusalem to be razed to the ground! Not exactly a way to get on the good side of God! You don’t cheer over the destruction of Jerusalem; you do what Jesus did. “He wept.”

 

This person crying out to the watchman (Isaiah) is evidently an Edomite who concedes that “they have it coming/” He wants to know what the prophet can tell him about this judgment? What will it be? How long will it last?

 

The prophet replies, “Look, if you are really interested and concerned, feel free to ask, but the answer I will give is you need to return! You need to repent! You need to come back to the Lord.

 

The message is the same for you and I! Morning (relief from night) comes with repentance! Are you sincerely concerned about the judgement of God? Then call out to Jesus. Ac 2:21 And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved.'

 

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