The Great Architect

Isaiah 25:4 “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.” God is the Great Architect, and...

Our Spirit-Filled Messiah

Isaiah 11:2 “And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD…” In the darkness of Isaiah 10, we see God’s rod of...

God’s Toolbox

Isaiah 10:5 “O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.” Have you ever noticed all of the unfamiliar tools hanging from the ceiling in every Cracker Barrel restaurant? There’s a little part of my brain that is...

Fatherly Discipline

Isaiah 9:12b-13 “For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.” Any dad (or mom) knows what each cry of his child means. In...

Fear Whom?

Isaiah 8:12-13 “Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.” Fear can be either...