“THE LORD OF HOSTS HAS PURPOSED!”

 Isaiah 14:24-27                                       (ESV)

“24 The LORD of hosts has sworn: "AS I HAVE PLANNED, so shall it be, and AS I HAVE PURPOSED, SO SHALL IT STAND, 

25 that I will break the Assyrian in MY land, and on my mountains trample him underfoot; and his yoke shall depart from them, and his burden from their shoulder." 

26 THIS IS THE PURPOSE THAT IS PURPOSED CONCERNING THE WHOLE EARTH, and this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations. 

27 For “THE LORD OF HOSTS HAS PURPOSED”, and who will annul it? HIS hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?”

Often my writings have referred to ALMIGHTY GOD having a PLAN.  THE PLAN doesn’t have to “make sense” to humans, for HE IS GOD, and we are NOT!  Rioting, civil unrest, disregard for authority, and an innumerable amount of other actions might leave the malnourished in THE WORD wondering what is going on!  Even elected officials are not immune to the evil (Ephesians 6:24), but they need to be aware who they are up against!

The book of Isaiah is full of warnings for both the Children of GOD, and those who are not selected to be THE CHOSEN.  The passage above was written as “an oracle concerning Assyria”, which is probably “four modern day countries in Northern Mesopotamia: Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq.”  These were people that worshipped “other gods”, who did not believe that ALMIGHTY GOD WAS IN CONTROL!  

We can say that we understand that GOD IS IN CONTROL, but does our TESTIMONY reflect that Belief?  You may say that GOD wouldn’t allow some of the things that is transpiring, but don’t forget about Joseph in Genesis 37, or David in 1 Samuel 22-24, or Shadrach, Meshac and Abednego in Daniel 3, Paul and Silas in Acts 16, and mostly JESUS, GOD’S OWN SON, was rejected by man and hung on a cross for the sins of mankind!  GOD’S redemptive PLAN was VERY PRECISE, and followed EXACTLY because we had to have THE PERFECT SACRIFICE at the PERFECT TIMING for our sins!  

“THE LORD OF HOSTS HAS PURPOSED” demonstrates that GOD HAS/HAD A PLAN, and HE IS IN CONTROL!  All of the turmoil in our midst is part of HIS PLAN, even though “the enemy” wants to make us believe otherwise!  In Genesis 50:19-20 it is written that Joseph said to hs brothers, “DO NOT FEAR, for AM I IN THE PLACE OF GOD?  As for you, YOU MEANT EVIL AGAINST ME, BUT GOD MEANT IT FOR GOOD, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.”  My understanding of Scripture certainly has to improve, but one thing I KNOW is that “THE LORD OF HOSTS HAS PURPOSED” is as real today as it was when Isaiah wrote it over 2,500 years ago!  GOD IS IN CONTROL, even when we cannot SEE how?  “THE LORD OF HOSTS HAS PURPOSED”, just have FAITH!!!