Daily Devo

Please read Isaiah 16.

Meditate on verse 5.

A THRONE WILL EVEN BE ESTABLISHED IN LOVINGKINDNESS,

AND A JUDGE WILL SIT ON IT IN FAITHFULNESS IN THE TENT OF DAVID;

MOREOVER, HE WILL SEEK JUSTICE AND BE PROMPT IN RIGHTEOUSNESS.

The burden God has for Moab continues in Isaiah 16.  God is burdened for Moab because of the people’s pride, arrogance, and fury.  God describes Moab’s pride as being excessive and his idle boasts as being false (Isaiah 16:6).  Yet again, you see God weeping bitterly for Moab (Isaiah 16:9).  God hates sin, and it breaks His heart when He sees people wearying themselves in it (Isaiah 16:11-12).

In the middle of God’s oracle concerning Moab, He prophesies the coming of Messiah.  The throne of Christ is established in lovingkindness, faithfulness, justice, and righteousness; exactly what we need to counter pride, arrogance, fury, and idle boasts.

Oh, how we need a Savior!  Thanks be to God through Christ Jesus our Lord!

Pray Isaiah 16:4 over yourself and those for whom you are standing guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, make extortioners, oppressors, and destruction

cease from the lives of ______________________. 

Be a hiding place to us from the destroyer. 

In Your Name, Jesus~”