Week 16: Humble Yourself or be Humbled
Isaiah 2:9-10 English Standard Version (ESV)
9 So man is humbled,
and each one is brought low—
do not forgive them!
10 Enter into the rock
and hide in the dust
from before the terror of the Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty.
We have seen what happens when a people reject God and what He has commanded them. They themselves are rejected, and we are even given a list of the reasons why, (see Isaiah 2:6-8).
He will take those that have rejected Him and humble them. This is not man being humble, purposefully making himself lower than others so as not to exalt himself and because he wants to serve, but this is the Almighty putting man into the place he has made for himself. He is not to be forgiven because all man wants is forgiveness without repentance.
When the Lord makes Himself known to these men with His full splendor, they will see it, with their unrepentant eyes, as a terror, giving full reason to find a cave or anyplace where they might hide from Him. Even digging into the earth to bury themselves in the dust would feel like a way out of His wrath.
What a call to humble ourselves and repent when the opportunity is given! Isaiah is showing us what it will look like to those who don't want to listen to the call, letting us know that all men will be humbled, even if they won't do it on their own.
My pastor has said more than once that it is a dangerous thing to ask God to humble you. Both times he has asked his reputation was drug around and his family attacked. How much more so to those who don't want it at all? The best path would be to humble yourself before Him.
9 So man is humbled,
and each one is brought low—
do not forgive them!
10 Enter into the rock
and hide in the dust
from before the terror of the Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty.
and each one is brought low—
do not forgive them!
10 Enter into the rock
and hide in the dust
from before the terror of the Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty.
We have seen what happens when a people reject God and what He has commanded them. They themselves are rejected, and we are even given a list of the reasons why, (see Isaiah 2:6-8).
He will take those that have rejected Him and humble them. This is not man being humble, purposefully making himself lower than others so as not to exalt himself and because he wants to serve, but this is the Almighty putting man into the place he has made for himself. He is not to be forgiven because all man wants is forgiveness without repentance.
When the Lord makes Himself known to these men with His full splendor, they will see it, with their unrepentant eyes, as a terror, giving full reason to find a cave or anyplace where they might hide from Him. Even digging into the earth to bury themselves in the dust would feel like a way out of His wrath.
What a call to humble ourselves and repent when the opportunity is given! Isaiah is showing us what it will look like to those who don't want to listen to the call, letting us know that all men will be humbled, even if they won't do it on their own.
My pastor has said more than once that it is a dangerous thing to ask God to humble you. Both times he has asked his reputation was drug around and his family attacked. How much more so to those who don't want it at all? The best path would be to humble yourself before Him.
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