I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Isaiah 26-28.

    The key element of today’s passage comes to me in verses 7-9 in chapter 26. God smooths out the way ahead of those who are righteous. It may not always seem that way to us, but the prophet tells us how it works. Those who are righteous will trust in God because God not only is God righteous, but HE is the source of all righteousness. Those who trust in God keep His commandments, not because they are commandments but because they trust that God knows what He is doing. God gives us the commandments He does because He loves us. Those commandments are designed to lead us onto the path which God has smoothed out for us. In the long run, Life becomes difficult for us when we try to take the “easy way” of not following God’s commands. When we do that we are demonstrating that we do not trust God.

    I got to the end of that and realized that I had not properly set the stage for the observations in the previous paragraph. Part of what makes the path smooth for the righteous is that their heart’s desire, the thing they desire more than anything else, is for their actions to glorify God. They seek God and His will morning, noon, and night. They actively seek to bound with God and to do His will. Life becomes much easier if bringing glory to God is more important to us than gaining glory, or wealth, or pleasure for ourselves.