Today, I am reading and commenting on Isaiah 22-25.
Isaiah begins today’s passage by talking about how when Jerusalem was threatened with attack the people put a lot of effort into building up its defenses, but they did not take time to turn to God and ask for His aid in their defense. In the face of trouble brought about by their sin, they did not mourn and seek the Lord. Instead, they partied. In a way what’s going on in the world around us is similar. Too many people are reacting to the judgement they see coming by saying “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!” When they should be crying out to God for forgiveness and help. Instead of facing the fact that God is trying to get them (and maybe us) to change their ways (our ways?), they spend their time having fun. Do we mourn for the suffering? Do we mourn for those who do not know the Lord?
I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.