Isaiah's Truths: Lesson 14- Sacrifices and Expectations!
Bible Reading: Isaiah 5
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! I hope you had a wonderful day! God is indeed working on our behalf! The trials and tribulations show that God is about to do something marvellous in our lives.
This evening, there’s another awesome post in the “Isaiah’s Truths” post. This book of the prophet- Isaiah- holds a lot of gems for the 21st Century Christian! I pray that we (myself included) would learn important, life-changing facts/ information from this powerful book! Are you ready to get back on this journey? Are ready for all the gems/ lessons the Holy Spirit has for us from this book of the Bible?
Well, let us get into it…
The cycle of seed time and harvest time is very important! Hard work is very important! That is the only sure way one gets true, fulfilled results. How do we expect to get the results without paying the price for it? Nowadays, everyone is searching for quick results with little or no effort/ hard work. Well, I am sorry to let you know that it is not possible.
Even the enemy knows this life principle. All those who are engaged in all the negative vices; put in the work. A thief needs to come up with a plan (and other contingency plans) to ensure that s/he can do what they want to. It takes weeks and even months of preparation to get the job done. It is quite surprising to find Christians who want to live luxe lives – especially when they have not earned it.
Look here, those who inherit lots of money must work hard to keep it intact or grow it. Have you not heard of many stories/ cases of individuals and/ or families that spend all their inheritance(s)? They just spend, spend, and spend some more. In life, there is an almost natural system of work and reward. This is because that is what God has established- God lives/ works by this principle. Let’s use Isaiah 5:2 to show this.
From Lesson 13, we established that we are like a vineyard (Isaiah 5:1). We also learnt that we are full of promise and potential and God nurtured us. From today’s verse, we see that God took His time to groom and work on us. He put in the work with expectation that we would bare great fruit. That’s the thing about hard work; the amount of work one puts into achieving something determines the outcome we would like to achieve.
The first part of this verse talks about the work God did to ensure that our paths are not destroyed. God gave His Son to die on the cross for you and I so that we may have the opportunity/ space to grow without the blockages of our past and sin. Just like part b says, “And planted it with the choicest vine…” it shows that once Christ died to save us; we became a part of God’s family (the choicest vine). We were made new and pure. We were a part of the most privileged family in the entire universe. Yes! That was thanks to God’s sacrifice (and work).
