OF RESTORATION
“They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” Isaiah 11:9 NIV
As it touches the popular question of why bad things happen, I believe Isaiah gave us the simplest explanation there is: the earth is not yet filled with the knowledge of the Lord as waters cover the sea.
When you read this chapter in scripture, you realize that most things and people are working against each other because there has not yet been a revelation, an understanding of what makes all things one. Colossians 1:17 puts it this way “He is before all things. In Him, all things hold together”. In other words the conflict or chasm between nature and man, man and beast, heaven and earth is the lack of unity among the created.
This is why as children of God, our primary goal should be to seek reconciliation in every way possible. Only then are we walking on earth with heaven’s ultimate agenda in our hearts.
Praise the Lord!
Prayer: Father I thank for you this word. I thank you for this assurance that makes for my present hope. Endue me with courage and strength in my inner man to overlook today’s inconsistencies in view of the mercies ahead, in Jesus name. Amen!
CI.