Isaiah
25:4
4 For thou hast been a strength [ma`owz] to the poor [dal], a
strength [ma`owz] to the needy ['ebyown] in his distress [tsar], a
refuge [machaceh] from the storm [zerem], a shadow [tsel] from the
heat [choreb], when the blast [ruwach] of the terrible ones [`ariyts] is as a storm [zerem]
against the wall [qiyr]. KJV-Interlinear
4 For you have been a stronghold to the
poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a
shade from the heat; for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a
wall, ESV
While the nations
of the world should be the strength and safety and liberty and freedom for
their respective citizens, they are in reality, no more than a burden and
threat to one and all. Leaders lust for
power and authority and wealth while citizens lust for the free ride for which
someone else needs to pay.
And thus we have
the storm, ‘zerem,’ which is the tempest, flood, fury, of life. And not only a storm, but one against the
wall, meaning that you have nowhere to go to escape its power and destruction. We call this being trapped between the rock
and a hard place. You have no options
and no way out. You are totally at the
mercy of the storm, if it chooses to show any mercy, that is. And the world is not a merciful place.
But Christianity,
has a God, who is Jesus Christ, who is not only merciful, but a shelter where there
is no shelter, and a strength where there is no strength, and relief where
there is no relief.
Leaving your life
at the mercy of the world is leaving your life to certain doom.
And when there is
a way out of that doom, then not pursuing that way, is the epitome of foolishness.
That way is of
course, faith in Christ, for salvation, in case you have not yet believed in
Him. And, once you have believed, then
advancing in your spiritual life as God expects you to advance, by way of
pursuing a daily Bible study. It just
does not get any simpler.
And yet people
fail to see the simplicity, and that is why they fail. And worse, they do not see their failure
until it is too late.
