Isaiah Three

Chaos!

Isaiah 3 & 4 is foretelling a time of complete anarchy for the nation of Judah. Food and water will be in short supply. Leaders will be chosen at random. Children will rule over adults. The young men will die in war. Women will want so bad to have a family they will take hold of a man and agree to support themselves.

God is a God of order. He’s in control. His ways are the best ways. Possibly the worst judgment God can hand out it to back off, and let things go their own way. Isaiah chapter 3 is a picture of what happens when God does just that.

The opposite of chaos is peace.

This is a no brainer. Obedience to God = peace. Disobedience to God = chaos.

Had Judah submitted to God things would have been as they were supposed to be. However they continued to choose their own way, rejecting God. Isaiah is warning them. Continue in your sin and this is what will happen.

If we continue is sin we will experience chaos. The chaos I’m thinking of is the internal struggle and striving that goes on inside of us. The kind that sticks in our mind. The kind that seems to have no relief.

If we submit to God we’ll experience peace. The peace I’m thinking of is the inner peace (because live is still busy!). The peace which somehow keeps us as we go through the storms of life.

God is a God of order. This is just as true for me the individual, as it is for the universe.

Let’s get, and keep, our lives in order. Submit to God, and let Him keep us from chaos. Let Him order our lives.