“EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW!”

 Isaiah 45:22-25                    (ESV)

THE LORD, THE ONLY SAVIOR

    [22] “Turn to ME and be saved,

        all the ends of the earth!

        FOR I AM GOD, and there is no other. 

    [23] By MYSELF I have sworn;

        from MY mouth has gone out in righteousness

        a word that shall not return:

    ‘To ME “EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW”,

        every tongue shall swear allegiance.’

    [24] “Only in the LORD, it shall be said of ME,

        are righteousness and strength;

    to HIM shall come and be ashamed

        all who were incensed against HIM. 

    [25] In the LORD all the offspring of Israel

        shall be justified and shall glory.”

Many times this humble servant has sat down with THE WORD OF GOD trying to get a “nugget” to assist me for whatever I am in need of at the time!  This morning I had the song “O For A Thousand Tongues” on my mind. In listening to the song I was imagining a THOUSAND people singing to our CREATOR.  My mind almost immediately went to the words written by the Apostle Paul in Philippians 2 and Romans 14 that announces that “Every knee shall bow”, not just a thousand!!!

The Apostle Paul was a dedicated servant who GOD saved for HIS GLORY in Acts 9!  He was a Pharisee among Pharisees, so he knew Scripture.  He was reciting today’s focal passage when he wrote those letters to the church at Rome and Philippi.  The book of Isaiah was written between 739 and 681 B.C. So for at least 2,700 years we have had the MESSAGE that “EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW” before our GOD IN HEAVEN!!!!

Humanity, as a whole, doesn’t have the capability to fully understand that GOD exists in THREE BEINGS, the FATHER, the SON, and the HOLY SPIRIT!  Even BELIEVERS must slow their lives down to grasp even a glimpse of HIS MAJESTY and GRANDEUR!  Even the focal passage today plainly says “To ME (GOD) “EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW””, which indicates that we AREN’T running!!  You can’t run when your knees are bowing!!!  

Yet “this world” is operating at such a pace that “LETTING GO” is nearly impossible?  To be “successful” in modern day society, the demands are great and seemingly unforgiving.  This humble servant wasn’t given the choice of slowing down July 09, 2007.  ALMIGHTY GOD walked me through “the valley of the shadow of death” and initiated changes in my life that are still transforming my actions.  “EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW” NOW has a totally new meaning for me!  Is ALMIGHTY GOD requesting you to SLOW DOWN????