April 1, 2012 – Isaiah 46 – 48

When God talks about “I knew you from the womb” or “He developed you from His womb” or things like that, it makes me wonder about the mothers of those people we label as evil.  46:3 has language like this.  Israel is God’s burden since the womb.  What goes on in the mind of the mother of Hitler, Dalmer, the soldier that killed those people in Afghanistan.  There are moments when they may regret ever having the child, moments when they blame themselves for how they raised them, moments when they think about what they could have done things differently.  If you believe God is the Father of all the living, then He has that same relationship with not only all that is good, but “all” that is evil in the world.  Every person that has done evil in the world has also been a child of God.  When Israel does evil, God has those feelings of the mother of Hitler.  But God never abandons Israel.  He never abandoned Hitler or anyone.  He was constantly there, waiting for them to turn to Him and repent.  You would like to think that their earthly mothers would also be waiting there to embrace them when they turn their lives around. 

47 is telling Babylon what is coming and telling them that they think they are safe behind their power and their magicians.  They are not safe from God.  How much do we put our security in the things of this world which have to actual power or ability to save.  When you think about relying on worldly things, think of Babylon and what God says about them.  They feel they are secure but “Upon you shall suddenly come a ruin you cannot imagine.”