Isaiah married the virgin, and the legal documents were duly witnessed and sealed as a sure witness for Israel. The child’s personal name means ‘quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil’ (the name ‘Immanuel’ denotes his prophetic significance as it was with Jesus). The prediction here is that, by the time the child was learning to speak, both Israel and Aram would be plundered. And so it was. Two years later, in 732 BC, Assyria had conquered Syria and begun to invade Israel (2 Kings 15:29). But now Isaiah seals up the legal documents and waits for his prophecies to be fulfilled. In the meantime, God tells Isaiah to trust him. He tells him not to be afraid and act like Israel does. To those who trust him, God will be a sanctuary but to those who do not trust him God becomes ‘a rock that makes them fall’. Israel was about to fall. God had spoken to them, but they were listening to everyone else, including mediums and spiritists. These would be proven wrong and God’s testimony would be proven right. In whose path will you stand? The path of worldly priorities and agendas has been proven again and again to be futile and destructive for human life. Yet despite this overwhelming evidence of failure and the indubitable proof of God’s faithfulness, people still entrust themselves to these crooked paths. Entrust yourself to God and you will see his faithfulness. That is guaranteed.
Entrust yourself to God again today.
Read Isaiah 8
