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Daily Devotion: Isaiah 4:1-2

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Isaiah 4:1-2    "And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.  (2)  In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel."

The phrase, "in that day," represents the time in an individual life, a community, and especially a nation when the Lord God shows His power and glory. In that day, people will want to be called by the name of the Lord; yet, continue to do whatever they want to do. Let us do our own thing, but be called a Christian nation. We saw back in Proverbs 1:7, "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction."  It seems those who are under consideration in Isaiah 4:1 fear the Lord just enough to want to be called by His name, but not enough to seek His will for their lives. They wanted to look the part, but not live it. But be assured, "in that day" there shall be a fear that "they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth." (Isaiah 2:19) Could it be that WE are living "in that day"?

But there are great blessings for those who are seeking God's will for their lives. "Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore." (Psalm 16:11) I ask myself this morning, Do I want to live in name only and miss those blessings? Or, do I want to walk in the "path of life" and experience the "fulness of joy... and pleasures for evermore"?

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