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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.
The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.
Woe to you, destroyer, you
who have not been destroyed!
Woe to you, betrayer, you who have not been betrayed!
When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.
Isaiah 33:1
This ends this reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.
Has anyone ever wronged
you in some way and it seemed as if they didn’t receive any consequence for
their action? Maybe you have even witnessed that person do the same thing to
another and not end up paying any price.
Even if you haven’t
personally experienced any atrocities first-hand, I am sure you are aware of
someone who has. Just a quick look at the news every day and we find no
shortage of wrongs committed one against the other.
Innocent people are
murdered in cold blood; even children are not spared. Sometimes the killing and
destruction can wipe out entire communities as massacres are carried out one
group against another.
People perpetuate deceit
against others to try and get an advantage or intentionally harm someone either
competitively, emotionally, financially, or all of the above.
Destruction and
dishonesty are far from 21st century phenomena. For one need only
study the bible for a short while to see how prevalent both were in Old and New
Testament times. One such place we can find this matter addressed point blank
in regard to the penalties levied against the destroyer and betrayer is in Old
Testament and the 33rd chapter of the Book of Isaiah. Look again at these words
now:
Woe to you, destroyer, you who have not been destroyed!
Woe to you, betrayer, you who have not been betrayed!
When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying, you will be betrayed. vv. 1-2
Note here that the
destroyer and betrayer will not escape sanction from the Lord God Almighty.
Rather, each will face the same fate as they imparted on others, something we
often refer to as the “what comes around, goes around” scenario but it could
also be looked at through the lens of the biblical principle of “you reap what
you sow”.
Bring destruction on
someone and you can expect to be destroyed yourself or, put in another way, sow
destruction and you will reap it and heap it on yourself.
Betray someone and you
can expect to be betrayed as well. In other words, sowing betrayal will reap
betrayal on the betrayer.
Think about this when we
consider other sinful behaviors we might adopt against another person.
Intentionally hurt
someone physically or emotionally, or sow hurt, and you can expect to
experience injury or reap it yourself.
Cheat someone and you can
expect to be cheated too.
Fail to provide for
someone you know has a need when you have the means to meet it and you will
find your needs unmet when they arise.
You get the point, right?
The Lord is telling us through these two opening verses of Isaiah, Chapter 33,
that what comes around, goes around. When we do wrong against someone, we can
expect a taste of our own medicine in return. I could go on and on with more examples
but instead will give you just one more:
Turn from the Lord and
you can expect He will turn from you, not forever but until you choose to
return to Him in repentance and a willingness to make amends.
Let’s just make it easy
on ourselves and the others we are sharing life with. Instead of sowing
iniquity, let’s instead choose to sow righteousness instead by fully living in
and of the Lord every day and apart from a world filled with sin. For when we
sow righteousness, then we will reap righteousness and experience the joys of receiving
goodness and love from those we associate ourselves with.
For when good goes
around, it comes around back to us and this is the kind of life the Lord longs
for everyone to have.
Amen.
In Christ,
Mark
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