Oh, what a day of crushing defeat! What a day of confusion and terror brought by the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, upon the Valley of Vision! The walls of Jerusalem have been broken, and cries of death echo from the mountainsides. Elamites are the archers, with their chariots and charioteers. The men of Kir hold up the shields. Chariots fill your beautiful valleys, and charioteers storm your gates. Judah’s defenses have been stripped away. You run to the armory for your weapons. You inspect the breaks in the walls of Jerusalem. You store up water in the lower pool. You survey the houses and tear some down for stone to strengthen the walls. Between the city walls, you build a reservoir for water from the old pool. But you never ask for help from the One who did all this. You never considered the One who planned this long ago. [Isaiah 22.5-11]
This passage has some relevance to today in the USA and the world in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent socio-economic chaos that is becoming more prevalent by the day.
The thing is, God controls everything. Whether by commission or omission, nothing is outside of God's influence. Because of this, even the most hopeless situations are but a look of God's eye away from perfect resolve.
But God's help is of no avail to those who do not seek it.
Father, we need Your help in the world! Help us, heal us, restore us to righteousness!
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