A Sign

April 5, 2018-Thursday-#665- Daily Bible Reading and Meditation-Isaiah 7 KJV

 ***Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.***

[10] Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying, 

[11] Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. 

[12] But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord . 

[13] And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? 

[14] Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 

[15] Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. 

[16] For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

Words to ponder for today: 

A Sign

In the life of King Ahaz being the king of Judah, came to him great threatenings; for his brother, Israel’s king Remaliah joint alliance with Rezin the King of Syria to wage war against him and to conquer his kingdom. 

Then the Merciful and Compassionate LORD sees how his  heart and the heart of the people moved and melted because of their enemies. 

The LORD knows how to reach out to those who are living in fear. He has ways how to communicate and to give comfort. He uses prophets even preachers for us to know His ways. We can even ask a sign from The LORD, and know GOD’s answer to our prayers. But like King Ahaz, we speak with our mouth we know and  fear The LORD, but the truth is we do not really know Him nor believe that GOD is able.  

The sign He has given through the Prophet Isaiah in verse 14 already happened; it already have come to pass that we, now in this present age, we have been blessed by the coming of that child which was born of a virgin in Bethlehem, more than two thousand years ago.  

He is the Only Son of GOD; The Only LORD and Savior who had done many wondrous things. He fed the multitudes, healed the sick and the lepers, forgave sinners, brought back to life the dead.  But was rejected, despised and crucified. Yet after three days rose again from the dead; seen by more than five hundred, when He Himself was lifted up to heaven. 

Was seen by the LORD’s Apostles and Saul, a young Pharisee whose aim is to disperse christianity, but was called, converted and commissioned by The LORD to be the apostle for the gentiles. From whose teachings and epistles strengthens the foundation and doctrine of the church. 

Believe it or not, what GOD had said, He already did. What He promised He fulfilled. If we asked in His Name , He gives according to His will. If we call He answer, if we knock at His door, it will open. We just have to know how to call upon His Name, Believe that He is, and He is able to save us from all our trials, temptations and troubles. We just have to admit our weaknesses, our iniquities and sinful ways of living, ask for forgiveness and accept GOD’s gift of salvation only in the Name of JESUS CHRIST our LORD. 

GOD gives a sign. 

Before He gives blessings, He tries and test to strengthens if we are strong and ready enough to handle .

Before He gives chastisement, He gives laws and warnings, peradventure mind change, choosing to do right .

Take heed.  

He has given a sign to know His words. Let us listen to His calling, that we may learn from Him, live with Him and love Him with all our heart mind and soul. 

Have a blessed evening to all! 

Isaiah 7:1-25 KJV

[1] And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. [2] And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. [3] Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field; [4] And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. [5] Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, [6] Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: [7] Thus saith the Lord God , It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. [8] For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. [9] And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. [10] Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying, [11] Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. [12] But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord . [13] And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? [14] Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. [15] Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. [16] For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. [17] The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. [18] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. [19] And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes. [20] In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely , by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. [21] And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep; [22] And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. [23] And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns. [24] With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns. [25] And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.