Thursday 9 January 2014

Trusting Egypt

I was struck today while reading Isaiah how much chapter 31 applies to us today, particularly if you replace the word Egypt with The Government and horsemen and chariots with legislation and politicians.

I will conduct this experiment in the following:

Isaiah Chapter 31:1-3
Woe to those who go to the Government for help and rely on legislation, who trust in laws because they are many and politicians because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the Lord!  And yet he is wise and brings disaster; he does not call back his words,  but will arise against the house of evildoers and against the helper of those who work iniquity. The Government is man and not God, and the politicians are flesh and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall and they will all perish together.

It is striking how this reveals a parallel idolatry in God's people today.