This chapter is headed Woe (grief, misery, calamity … ) to the obstinate nation. The obstinacy seems to be that the people who said they were God's people did not trust Him or seek His free wise counsel and help and instead bribing Pharoah's courtiers for Egyptian 'help'.
The creator is a rock of ages, we cannot expect too little from man nor too much from God. (from Matthew Henry)
By verses 18-26, the prophecy of the defeat of the invading Assyrians army demonstrate God's mercy and grace to His people.
I randomly chose this chapter and then realised it contained verse 15 which meant a lot to me “In quietness and trust is your strength.”
Some time ago I had to face an ordeal. I was very stressed about the process and the outcome. Thinking about this, I had walked along the beach to Aldeburgh in Suffolk one sunny Sunday in Spring. Along the windswept main street was a small church. A few people were going into the evening service, so I joined them. This turned out to be about 8 of us, and the minister, huddled around a heater in the back room. I was so preoccupied that only this one phrase really reached me “In quietness and trust is your strength.”
It dawned on me that God gives us His strength when we need it most. That as long as we are doing what is right then he will help us, with all His wisdom, power and love.
I will always be thankful for that little group of faithful Christians who gave me those words of renewal and reminder of the great giver of strength and calm when our own is finished.
Jenni Clark
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Thank you for this, I read it when it was first put on-line and it helped. Since then have also reflected on the first part of verse 15. "In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength...." Resting in our Lord and giving Him the whole situation brings so much peace (it is the letting go that is hard).
Thank you again,
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