Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"Wonderful in counsel and excellent in guidance"
Text: Isaiah 28:29
THE COUNSEL OF THE LORD
Judah had chosen the counsel of men over the word the LORD gave. The voice of the prophet of God was often brushed aside. Isaiah patiently pointed out the significance of the word of the LORD.
“For the black cummin is not threshed with a threshing sledge,
Nor is a cartwheel rolled over the cummin;
But the black cummin is beaten out with a stick,
And the cummin with a rod.
Bread flour must be ground;
Therefore he does not thresh it forever,
Break it with his cartwheel,
Or crush it with his horsemen.
This also comes from the LORD of hosts,
Who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in guidance.”
Isaiah 28:27-29
1. Advice on sowing seed from the LORD.
a) Tilling the ground.
b) Sowing different types of seed.
c) All that the LORD had taught the farmers was good and sound advice.
2. Advice on the harvesting of the full-grown grain.
a) The black cumin is not threshed with a threshing sledge,
but is beaten out with a stick.
b) The cumin is not rolled over by the cartwheel.
But the cumin was beaten out by a rod.
c) These ancient methods worked well for the farmers.
3. But bread flour.
a) Threshing is not the method.
b) Broken by the cartwheel is also not the method.
c) Not crushing by horsemen.
d) Bread flour must be ground!
4. The source of all knowledge.
a) The source of all knowledge is to be traced to the LORD.
b) An appreciation of the LORD expressed.
i) God is wonderful in His counsel.
ii) He is excellent in giving guidance.
5. Judah would do well.
a) To return to the LORD.
b) To remember all that He has taught.
c) To respond humbly and positively to the LORD and His counsel.