Marching to the Beat of a Different Drummer. Isaiah 27-31

May the mumbling commence!

We are to march to the beat of a different drummer.  God sets the time signature.  God leads us.  God is waiting patiently for us to follow.  Read from Isaiah chapter thirty:

But the Lord still waits for you to come to him so he can show you his love and compassion. For the Lord is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for him to help them. 

O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will be gracious if you ask for help. He will respond instantly to the sound of your cries.  Though the Lord gave you adversity for food and affliction for drink, he will still be with you to teach you. You will see your teacher with your own eyes, and you will hear a voice say, "This is the way; turn around and walk here."  Then you will destroy all your silver idols and gold images. You will throw them out like filthy rags. "Ugh!" you will say to them. "Begone!" 

Then the Lord will bless you with rain at planting time. There will be wonderful harvests and plenty of pastureland for your cattle.  The oxen and donkeys that till the ground will eat good grain, its chaff having been blown away by the wind.  In that day, when your enemies are slaughtered, there will be streams of water flowing down every mountain and hill.  The moon will be as bright as the sun, and the sun will be seven times brighter – like the light of seven days! So it will be when the Lord begins to heal his people and cure the wounds he gave them. 

Look! The Lord is coming from far away, burning with anger, surrounded by a thick, rising smoke. His lips are filled with fury; his words consume like fire.  His anger pours out like a flood on his enemies, sweeping them all away. He will sift out the proud nations. He will bridle them and lead them off to their destruction. 

But the people of God will sing a song of joy, like the songs at the holy festivals. You will be filled with joy, as when a flutist leads a group of pilgrims to Jerusalem – the mountain of the Lord – to the Rock of Israel.  And the Lord will make his majestic voice heard. With angry indignation he will bring down his mighty arm on his enemies. It will descend with devouring flames, with cloudbursts, thunderstorms, and huge hailstones, bringing their destruction.  At the Lord's command, the Assyrians will be shattered. He will strike them down with his rod.  And as the Lord strikes them, his people will keep time with the music of tambourines and harps. (Verses 18-32)

For victory, we need depend only upon the Lord.  To thrive, we need depend only upon the Lord. 

If we seek help for anywhere else, we will be doomed to disappointment.  Victory will be snatched away from us.  We will be lucky simply to survive.

So, let’s thrive.  Let’s follow the drumbeat of the Great Drum Major.  Let’s follow God.  The Lord is waiting.  Let’s watch what our living Lord can do.

Let’s choose well.

Enough mumbling for now…

Peace Out