Volatile, fragile, remarkable planet (DEV)
Isaiah 24
You may or may not remember Gavrilo Princip from your sixth grade history class. Most of us probably don’t, but we should. The 19-year-old Princip was an assassin. Over 88 years ago, Princip stepped out from his position in a parade route in Sarajevo, pulled a pistol from his coat and shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie.
This one moment touched off a series of events that led to World War I, a catastrophic war that claimed over 15 million lives. The idea that a shooting of two people on a street corner in Sarajevo could touch off these kinds of events should remain at the forefront of our thoughts throughout our lives. Our world is volatile and fragile. During any one moment, some significant aspect of our world might change, bringing our social world or our political world, or even our physical world to the brink of disaster.
Isaiah touches on the fragility of our earth in the passages you’ve just read. We see it as the rock solid foundation upon which we live, but listen to Isaiah’s words when he foretells the story of our earth.
“The floodgates of the heavens are opened,
the foundations of the earth shake.
The earth is broken up,
The earth is split asunder.
The earth is thoroughly shaken.
The earth reels like a drunkard,
It sways like a hut in the wind.”
Isaiah isn’t worried because he also sees the triumphant return of God. In the midst of catastrophe, there is going to be a miracle.
“O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name,
For in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things,
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces;
He will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth.
In that day they will say,
Surely this is our God;
We trusted in him and he saved us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”
Triumph and glory, protection and salvation. We have nothing to fear. (Proverbs 3:25) Though we live on a volatile planet, God is in control and he is looking out for us. Thank God for his protection today.
You may or may not remember Gavrilo Princip from your sixth grade history class. Most of us probably don’t, but we should. The 19-year-old Princip was an assassin. Over 88 years ago, Princip stepped out from his position in a parade route in Sarajevo, pulled a pistol from his coat and shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie.
This one moment touched off a series of events that led to World War I, a catastrophic war that claimed over 15 million lives. The idea that a shooting of two people on a street corner in Sarajevo could touch off these kinds of events should remain at the forefront of our thoughts throughout our lives. Our world is volatile and fragile. During any one moment, some significant aspect of our world might change, bringing our social world or our political world, or even our physical world to the brink of disaster.
Isaiah touches on the fragility of our earth in the passages you’ve just read. We see it as the rock solid foundation upon which we live, but listen to Isaiah’s words when he foretells the story of our earth.
“The floodgates of the heavens are opened,
the foundations of the earth shake.
The earth is broken up,
The earth is split asunder.
The earth is thoroughly shaken.
The earth reels like a drunkard,
It sways like a hut in the wind.”
Isaiah isn’t worried because he also sees the triumphant return of God. In the midst of catastrophe, there is going to be a miracle.
“O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name,
For in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things,
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces;
He will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth.
In that day they will say,
Surely this is our God;
We trusted in him and he saved us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”
Triumph and glory, protection and salvation. We have nothing to fear. (Proverbs 3:25) Though we live on a volatile planet, God is in control and he is looking out for us. Thank God for his protection today.
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