Monday, August 18, 2008

Isaiah 32:9-13

The Women of Jerusalem
9 You women who are so complacent, rise up and listen to me; you daughters who feel secure, hear what I have to say!
10 In little more than a year you who feel secure will tremble; the grape harvest will fail, and the harvest of fruit will not come.
11 Tremble, you complacent women; shudder, you daughters who feel secure! Strip off your clothes, put sackcloth around your waists.
12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines
13 and for the land of my people, a land overgrown with thorns and briers— yes, mourn for all houses of merriment and for this city of revelry.

Warning to those who feel safe, complacent. We feel secure over our material wealths, our bonuses, our salaries, our property, but if our security is based upon just all these, they will fail us. Inflation can wipe out wealth in a second. Property prices can drop overnight.

Principle:
Our security is not based on what we have, but on God. Our good does not lie outside of God.

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