Daily Manna 29 June
KEY VERSE: “Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.” – (Isaiah 22:4).
TEXT: Isaiah 22:1-14
The burden against the Valley of Vision.
What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,
2 You who are full of noise,
A tumultuous city, a joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword,
Nor dead in battle.
3 All your rulers have fled together;
They are captured by the archers.
All who are found in you are bound together;
They have fled from afar.
4 Therefore I said, “Look away from me,
I will weep bitterly;
Do not labor to comfort me
Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.”
5 For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
By the Lord God of hosts
In the Valley of Vision—
Breaking down the walls
And of crying to the mountain.
6 Elam bore the quiver
With chariots of men and horsemen,
And Kir uncovered the shield.
7 It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys
Shall be full of chariots,
And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
8 He removed the protection of Judah.
You looked in that day to the armor of the House of the Forest;
9 You also saw the damage to the city of David,
That it was great;
And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10 You numbered the houses of Jerusalem,
And the houses you broke down
To fortify the wall.
11 You also made a reservoir between the two walls
For the water of the old pool.
But you did not look to its Maker,
Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.
12 And in that day the Lord God of hosts
Called for weeping and for mourning,
For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
13 But instead, joy and gladness,
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and drinking wine:
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
14 Then it was revealed in my hearing by the Lord of hosts,
“Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement for you,
Even to your death,” says the Lord God of hosts.
Read yesterday’s Daily Manna here
A Christian songwriter and composer once painted a very severe spiritual condition with the following lines in one of his songs: “My eyes are dry, my faith is old, my heart is hard, my prayers are cold and I know how I ought to be; alive to You and dead to me.” In the text, Prophet Isaiah revealed the spiritual situation of God’s people in his day. The daughters of his people and indeed all the people were all spoiled and robbed of their spiritual values.
The condition became so severe that their rottenness affected the leadership and the laity. In fact, some of the people resorted to fleshy debauchery while neglecting all the righteous ways of God. Their slogan became “let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.” Despite this abject spiritual environment around him, Isaiah never allowed it to affect his faith or the tenderness for weeping over their sins.
He wept bitterly in intercessory prayers until revival came! Our current society and congregations need men like Isaiah. With the obvious spiritual decadence all around, we need to show more concern. Our societies are replete with professors of empty religion who worship God on Sundays and deny Him on Mondays. Worse still is the fact that there are many time-killing inventions that act as an elixir to cushion the putrid spiritual situations. In effect, we seem to have lost our tears!
He wept bitterly in intercessory prayers until revival came! Our current society and congregations need men like Isaiah. With the obvious spiritual decadence all around, we need to show more concern. Our societies are replete with professors of empty religion who worship God on Sundays and deny Him on Mondays. Worse still is the fact that there are many time-killing inventions that act as an elixir to cushion the putrid spiritual situations. In effect, we seem to have lost our tears!
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: In a wanton society, a broken and compassionate heart provokes revival.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Kings 19-20
Thank you for studying today’s Daily Manna – Where are the Tears? – by Pastor Enoch A.
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Daily Manna 29 June 2021
