Today, I am reading and commenting on Isaiah 9-12.

Isaiah prophesies the coming Messiah in a prophecy which can be seen as applying to Jesus, who started His ministry in Galilee.  Now there is nothing noteworthy in me taking note of that, Matthew makes that connection for us.  What I find interesting is that Isaiah continues from that Messianic prophecy to warning those who do not turn to God when things go wrong.  Isaiah warns those who suffer setbacks because of their sin who think they will just recover and go on to bigger and better things without turning to God.  As I read this today, I am struck that Isaiah’s prophecy here seems directed at those who see the changes going on right now as evidence that they have been vindicated and do not need to change their ways.  Isaiah warns that those who do not call people to return to God, or, perhaps turn to him in the first place, are misleading them, while those who follow such leaders are willfully being led astray.  If you are not following a leader who is calling you to change, to follow God more faithfully, you have chosen to be misled.  Each of us needs to examine ourselves and decide if we are turning to God to listen to what He wants of us.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.