A view of Home

Isaiah 51:7-8

I’ve been on planet earth for 72 years, and when I get home it’s going to be amazing, it will be the first time my eyes will see my God and Savior Jesus Christ, and He knows my name!  He has built a home for me to live in and has a job waiting for me.  In 1 Corinthians 13:12, it states; “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.”  It is clear that Jesus being God will know me, but to think I will also know Isaiah, Paul, Peter, King David, and by all, and be known by all, now that blows my doors off.  It is going to be great to share with Isaiah how his faithfulness encouraged me.

When you read these words what is the Spirit of God saying to your heart? “Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their reviling’s. For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations.”  (Isaiah 51:7-8 ESV)  The righteous, not self righteousness but God as our righteousness, those with not one thing that God needs, but with a great need for all that God will do for them, His plan not theirs, this is what Isaiah is referring to as the righteous.  And is it not worthy of your time to understand they also in Isaiah’s time feared the reproach of man, and we are still doing it today.  Many a Christian leader has been told to seek favor with some man or woman, in that they can open doors or be the ones that will kill your vision.  I’m so glad Isaiah did not buy into the fear of man, but many of us have.

These who revile at others, they criticize, censure, condemn, attack, all have an agenda, and it is my belief they have tuned into Channel One the channel of deception.  Often it is centered in fear of what an action or step of faith on the other persons account will have on them, such as a young person telling their parents that they have been called to the mission field.

We understand the world and it desires are passing away, I was reminded of this on a trip to Colorado where three lives were taken on one of the most beautiful roads by the actions of one person.  I can only imagine the plans they had that day, and I will bet the farm that not one of them planned on it being their last day on planet earth.  I was reminded that God, not I, has numbered my days and that earth is temporary, and so are all of mankind, but God’s righteousness will last forever, and His salvation for all generations.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice