Stillness Before the Storm
Read Isaiah 18:4
Today’s Truth
Besides giving us an intriguing description of the LORD Himself, the prophet Isaiah also tells us something about His way of doing things in the world. The LORD adopts a certain strategy of action, a style of working characterized by the simile, "clear heat in sunshine." But what is it that the LORD will do, and what is said about His way of doing things here?
Discussion Questions
- Before certain storms in your life, was there moments of quietness and stillness? How did you feel when you knew a storm was on its way?
- In this passage, messengers of Ethiopia have traveled to Judah and Israel in order to consolidate forces and make alliances against the threat of Assyrian invasion. The whole world is in a state of unease. The threat of destruction looms, and nations no longer feel safe. When the world doesn’t feel safe, how do you react?
- How do you seek the shelter of the Lord when storms come your way?
Life Application
Everyone has at one time, or another experienced those moments when everything appears very still – too still, one could say. As quiet as it may be, there is also uncertainty in the air. One somehow senses that what is there cannot last. And sure enough, often a period of still heat is only the sign of the unleashing of a good storm.
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