Tuesday, December 2, 2008

The Big 3

Is. 33:2 "Lord be gracious to us; We have waited for you. Be their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble."

I am sure that Israel was going through some pretty amazing days back when Isaiah wrote these words. The plunderer was going to be plundered. The treacherous were going to dealt with treacherously. (v1) In other words, what goes around comes around. What you sow, you will eventually reap. People were experiencing this and many were distressed over what was happening.

Kind of sounds like today. The plunderers, those who take advantage of people for gain, are going down. The treacherous, those who devised plans only for their own gain, are taking a hit. The problem is, our financial structure was being built on people who really did not care about the economy or capitalism. They could only think greedily about themselves. Now true captialism is coming back to bite them and they want the government to bail them out. Unfortunately this will effect all of the rest of us. There will be collateral damage. Even though the Big 3 mismanged their companies for years, those who supplied goods for Ford, Chrysler and GM and rely on the Big 3 for their existence may take a hit as well.

What does the believer do? How do we react during these times? The way Isaiah reacted. Oh God please be gracious to us. We should be praying. We should be pleading. We should be looking to God who is the giver of all grace and the supplier of every need. Why? Just like Isaiah, we should be waiting. That actually means that we are looking with hope. We are expecting that God is at work in all of this and we are eagerly watching to see what He is going to do. God, be our arm. Be our shoulder to lean on. Be our strength every morning. As we go through this, let us go through it one day at a time and realize that you are faithful every day. Let us just deal with today and today's strength. (Matt. 6:34) You are our salvation, our deliverer, our victory in this time of trouble and distress.

There is going to be a lot of fall out in the next year or so over what is happening in this country and around the world. We as believers need to go to the Lord and petition Him, relying on Him every day for our strength and realize that He alone is our salvation. Not our bank accounts, not the stock market, not our 401k's, not the government, not the Big 3. Only God. He is the Lord. Jehovah is our deliverance.

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