Why Do the Nations Rage?

by Chuck Adair on March 22, 2023

Why Do the Nations Rage?

Read Isaiah 23:8-9

Today’s Truth

God has a solution to the world, the flesh, and the devil. As we live in relationship to him, he provides the power and strength to overcome the world, the flesh, and behind them, the devil. In these passages Isaiah describes in a marvelous way how we too can rely on the presence of the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in our midst, and can daily triumph over these enemies of our faith.

Discussion Questions

Do you believe that God has every solution to every problem in your life? Explain.
Life looks bad when Isaiah is prophesying. The world attacks believers of God? How is the world attacking you? How are you responding?
Tyre will be destroyed because of their desire of creature comforts. Are we guilty of pursuing worldly comforts instead of looking for our comfort in Christ? How does discomfort increase our Faith?

Life Application

We experience daily media exposure to conflict and corruption everywhere. Are we choosing to participate in God's solutions, rather than perpetuate the problems?

Tags: isaiah, prophets

About the Author

Chuck Adair

If you ask Chuck his favorite thing in life to do, he would tell you it is the teaching and preaching of the scriptures and to call all people to engage in the great adventure of abiding with Christ. He desires to connect people with the richness, adventure, and fullness of life that comes through Christ alone and to reach the unchurched, de-churched, dead-churched, and unmoved. Chuck is married to his best friend Kristin and has two adult children, Taylor and Linley. Kris and Chuck believe the quality of their marriage rises and falls, not on circumstances or feelings, but based on their daily abiding with Jesus (Jn 15.5).

Why Do the Nations Rage?