The Daily Fountain Devotional Thursday, October 20, 2022
The Daily Fountain Devotional Thursday, October 20, 2022
Thursday, October 20,2022
TOPIC: GOD'S JUDGMENT ON DISAPPOINTMENT
TEXT: Isaiah 5:1-7
1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: 2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. 7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
The Daily Fountain Devotional Thursday, October 20, 2022
INTRODUCTION TEXT
In today's passage, Prophet Isaiah uses poetry to convey God's message to Israel. In his song, he likened God to the 'Well Beloved' who planted Israel as His vineyard in the Promised Land. God protected His people, gave them the land of Canaan, and blessed them (v.2a). Despite this benevolence, God's expectation of His people was not met. He expected justice and righteousness but they kept oppressing one another. What a disappointment! God pronounced judgment on the nation of Israel by taking away His blessings and allowing foreign nations to capture and take them into captivity (vv. 5-6).
God's blessings to us are ever sure so far we remain connected to Hun and yield to His Divine counsel. God is expecting nations to bring forth justice and righteousness. "Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people" (Prov. 14:34). We should learn from Israel's apostasy and the consequences that followed. God is not a respecter of men, therefore, we should not fail His expectations of us.
Prayer: Help me O Lord, not to become a disappointment to your Kingdom in Jesus name. Amen