In Isaiah 17 God speaks clearly about those who "have forgotten God your Savior." Many times we accept world views that pull us away from worshiping the father the way He deserves. "Yet a time is coming and is now come when true worshipers will worship in in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the father seeks." (John 4:23)
Many times we put other things in front of our worship or we cease to think it is not a vital part of my walk. These world views are what took Israel out of true worship and God allowed necessary correction on their life in order for them to fulfill their part of the relationship He had provided and to look to Him as their Savior. He was taking their country and put them in captivity because of their attitudes and activities in their daily lives. Even their place of worship would not be spared.
In chapter 18 we see God will take a nation of feared aggressive people who do not know Him and bring them bring offerings to Him. tough people only do that when God gets hold of them and brings them to worship Him. They first have to be humbled. God would do that by cutting off the harvest before its time.
In chapter 19 we see where The people of Egypt will worship Him. ...vs20. "When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and he will rescue them. 21 So the LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and keep them. 22 The LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; he will strike them and heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them."
The Lord will bring them to their knees through sickness and they will turn to Him to save them. God will bring Egypt Assyria and Israel to Him as He establishes them as His people, handiwork and inheritance. Jesus is the highway that makes all of this possible. He will take away the opposition and sin so we all may have free access to the father. That free access has come with a great price and much love and sacrifice from the Lord. Let us honor what He has done for us.
In mark 5 we see a demon-possessed man coming to meet Him from the tombs. They came out because they knew Jesus the Lord was in their midst. They had controlled this man for years but knew they could not hold a candle to God and bowed pleading before Him. "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won't torture me!" 8For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of this man, you evil spirit!" Jesus sent them into the pigs and 2000 pigs ran over the cliff and were destroy. We see a couple of things in this passage. 1. Jesus has power over all principalities and powers in this world. 2. One soul is more valuable than any numbers of living creatures. 3. Once we are delivered we are to stay where Jesus originally planted us and tell others about what He has done. This is our assignment, our ministry to serve where He has placed us, not where we would rather be. We are to be His witnesses as He places us to show those that knew us before what great things He has done. 18..."the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. 19Jesus did not let him, but said, "Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you." 20So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed." Go and tell others what Jesus has done for you and you will be amazed how He will use you in ways you never imagined.
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