Our Reliance on the Quiet Spring

UV 3629/1000 Our Reliance on the Quiet Spring Because these people (Judah) have refused the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoice in Rezin ( the king of Aram) and Remaliah’s son (Pekiah the king of Israel), Isaiah 8 v 6 We are like the people of Judah (Praise) for we are a people formed to praise God, to trust in Him and His word as the people of Jerusalem relied on the perennial spring of Shiloam for sustenance. We rely on the Lord for our protection and our sustenance. We do not rely on human networks or relationships, on the arm of flesh for our strength or our provision. We trust in the promises of the Lord. We do not rely on the world and worldly prowess. The prophet Isaiah compares the tendency of people to shift their allegiance and reliance to the “mighty Euphrates” and hence, they would be allowed to be carried away by the overflowing waters of the river of history. Those who take counsel together against us will come to nothing. We are not to fear them but we should fear the Lord and not what man can do to us. Jesus will become to those who believe a rock of foundation and strength to those who believe and a stumbling stone to those who reject Him. He is our dawn, our Morning Star, our hope of another day. He is a sanctuary, a cornerstone, an indestructible shelter for all who choose to hide in Him. He will never hide Himself like the sun behind clouds. He is the eternal spring of Shiloam as well as the Rock of ages as He alone conquered or overcame death after surrendering meekly to it. He is the only One who overcame the twin eternal challenges of humanity before which all humanity bowed- sin and death and its accompanying emotions of shame and sorrow. He manifested Himself not as mighty river like the Euphrates but as a quietly flowing spring that never dries up, that quenches our thirst for eternal life. We wait for the Lord even when He is not seen. We will persist in looking eagerly for Him. The children ( spiritual or natural) God has given us and we, ourselves are signs and wonders that the Lord of hosts performs in the commonwealth of Israel, nations united in faith upon the name of Jesus. We dwell with Jesus on Mount Zion, a place of strength, a place of victory, a place of peace, a place of eternal rest.