Date: Thursday,
July 30, 2015
Chapters: Isaiah
21-25
Message Title: Live Life For
Today

Hello My Friend,

With all the
crazy things going on around the world, it can be pretty scary to
even go out into the world. Even in our very own country it's no
longer safe to go to the movies or church without the fear that it
may be our last day. When you think about it, we really have no
guarantee of tomorrow, all we have is today, and while the world
falls apart, we who are saved need to live our lives in a way that
brings others closer to Christ. “Whereas ye
know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is
even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth
away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and
do this, or that.” - James 4:14,15.

Do you ever
wonder why God gives us so many warnings, and some centuries ahead of
time, even when nothing is going on? It's to get as many people to
repent as possible before Christ does return. Through Isaiah, God
foretells the destruction of Babylon during a time when they were
very prosperous. Known as, “the desert of the sea,” it will be
completely destroyed by the Medes and Persians, after the seventy
years of the Jews captivity. “A grievous
vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth
treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O
Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. Therefore are my
loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs
of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I
was dismayed at the seeing of it. My heart panted, fearfulness
affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto
me. Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye
princes, and anoint the shield. For thus hath the Lord said unto me,
Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.” - Isaiah
21:2-6.

Isaiah is overwhelmed by all that God was showing
him, one nation after another being completely destroyed. It is very
frightening to see glimpses of these things happening and what is to
come of everything we worked so hard to achieve. We must remember
that everything here on earth is temporary, everything of Christ is
eternal. Of course, we must live and be the watchman, meaning tell
others about Christ before He returns, but what we have waiting for
us beyond this world is far more vaulable than anything we possess.
“According to my earnest expectation and my
hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness,
as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether
it be by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die
is gain.” - Philippians 1:20,21.

Now, while God
does want us to live, He does not want us to live as the world, so
many people go crazy at the thought of death that they do every
immoral thing possible to say they live. This is where a lot of
Christians fall into the world also. This is why we need a Saviour,
our flesh is too weak to handle the pressures of life if we are not
constantly at Jesus feet. Through Isaiah, God shows us that we need a
Saviour all throughout His Word.

“And
in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to
mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: And behold
joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and
drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die. And
it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this
iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD
of hosts. And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his
shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut,
and none shall open. And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place;
and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house. And they
shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the
offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the
vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. In that day,
saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure
place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was
upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.” -
Isaiah 22:12-14,22-25.

Our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ
is as a nail in a sure place. The soul that is bought by the blood
shed upon the cross He bore cannot die. He will set before the
believer an open door, one in which no man can shut, and bring both
body and soul to eternal glory. Those who reject Him will find that
when He shuts the door none can open it and it will be shut forever.
“Strive to enter in at the strait gate:
for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be
able. When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to
the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door,
saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto
you, I know you not whence ye are: Then shall ye begin to say, We
have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our
streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are;
depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.” - Luke
13:24-27.

While the destruction of the world is
inevitable, we must not let it consume us, God has us here for one
reason and one reason only, to further His Kingdom, as long as we are
here, we are being used for that purpose. One day, all of this will
be over and we will not have to fear anything, and we will thank God
for all that He has done, including the chastening that we got once
in a while.

“O LORD, thou art my
God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done
wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. For
thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace
of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. Therefore shall
the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations
shall fear thee. For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a
strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a
shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a
storm against the wall. He will swallow up death in victory; and the
Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of
his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD
hath spoken it. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our
God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD;
we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his
salvation.” - Isaiah 25:1-4,8,9.

We are to live
the way God wants us to live while we are here, not out of
obligation, out of respect for Christ, who took our place on the
cross. In the process of living right, we may even bring a few lost
souls to know Him as well, after all, that's what it's all about in
the first place. When all of this is over, we will have the victory.
“But thanks be to God, which giveth us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved
brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of
the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the
Lord.” - 1 Corinthians 15:57,58.

Today's
Prayer: Jesus, Thank You for giving me the victory over
death when I believed in and accepted You as my Saviour. I know that
the only way I am escaping hell and the destruction of the world is
because of my faith in You. I don't want to be a vapor that just
vanishes and has nothing to leave behind, I want to leave behind a
legacy, one that proves that You change lives and can change any life
that comes to You, no matter what they have done. Lord, lead me and
guide me, let Your Light shine through me so that others can come to
know You and not fear what's going to happen in this crazy, corrupt
world. In Your name, Jesus, Amen.

God Bless You, I am
praying for you,
Christina

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