“For you have rejected your people,
the house of Jacob,
because they are full of things from the east
and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines,
and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
Their land is filled with silver and gold,
and there is no end to their treasures;
their land is filled with horses,
and there is no end to their chariots.
Their land is filled with idols;
they bow down to the work of their hands,
to what their own fingers have made.
So man is humbled,
and each one is brought low—
do not forgive them!
Enter into the rock
and hide in the dust
from before the terror of the Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty.
The haughty looks of man shall be brought low,
and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
For the Lord of hosts has a day
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low;
against all the cedars of Lebanon,
lofty and lifted up;
and against all the oaks of Bashan;
against all the lofty mountains,
and against all the uplifted hills;
against every high tower,
and against every fortified wall;
against all the ships of Tarshish,
and against all the beautiful craft.
And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled,
and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day…
And people shall enter the caves of the rocks
and the holes of the ground,
from before the terror of the Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty,
when he rises to terrify the earth.
In that day mankind will cast away
their idols of silver and gold,
which they made for themselves to worship,
to the moles and to the bats,
to enter the caverns of the rocks
and the clefts of the cliffs,
from before the terror of the Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty,
when he rises to terrify the earth.
Stop regarding man
in whose nostrils is breath,
for of what account is he?” Isaiah 2:6-22
Man who regards only man comes to little account in the economy of God’s majestic judgment. Man piles high his accolades and treasures, heaps up defenses and strategies, builds high his towers and grows lofty his trees, but His royal Highness will bring all that low. We ascend the mount of the Lord only to know Him, but must be humble of heart lest He cast us down. His righteous judgment against all that is set up against Him destines the guilty to crouching beneath His terrible splendor. (Isaiah 2:3)
The way we think, worship, and build determines our end before the High One. When all is perceived, pursued, and accomplished for ourselves, every effort will be cast down. But when for Christ, where we don’t touch His glory but surrender to His holiness, we remain in His light. We have the privilege of serving Him here below and carrying the light of His word to our communities and world. (Isaiah 2:5; 5:15-16; 6:1-8; 42:5,8; Colossians 3:23)
Who takes highest position in my life? What do I worship?
Lord, keep me humbled before You, in every thought and action exalting You alone as God, raising only eyes, hands, and voice to lift up Your praise.
As the rain and snow 