Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"In the day the LORD gives you rest from your sorrow"
Text: Isaiah 14:3
THE PROMISE OF REST FROM SORROW
War is one of the most difficult problems to face and to overcome in life. War changes many things and life needs to be rebuilt slowly.
“It shall come to pass in the day the LORD gives you rest from your sorrow,
and from your fear and the hard bondage in which you were made to serve,
that you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say:
‘How the oppressor has ceased,
The golden city ceased!'”
Isaiah 13:3-4
1. Three things that are experienced because of war.
a) The defeated will feel great sorrow.
i) Loss of life.
ii) Loss of home, wealth etc.
b) Fear creeps in.
i) Fear of the wicked oppressor.
ii) Fear of the future.
c) Hard bondage.
i) The defeated become slaves.
ii) They are subjected to hard labour.
2. The promise of “rest”.
a) The Lord promised “rest”.
b) Elements of this “rest”.
i) Deliverance from slavery.
ii) Peace of heart and mind.
3. A new proverb would arise.
a) This proverb would be set against the king of Babylon.
b) There will be a cessation of Babylon.
i) The oppression will cease.
ii) Babylon was often called “the golden city”.
But that phrase would also cease to exist.
iii) The city of Babylon would be destroyed forever and become desolate.