“Now it will come about that in the last days, the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains, and will be raised above the hills; and all the nations will stream to it. And many peoples will come and say, ‘Come let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; that He may teach us concerning His ways,
and that we may walk in His paths.” (vs 2-3)
and that we may walk in His paths.” (vs 2-3)
So often I hear people bemoaning the days that we live in. As I look at Isaiah 2 and the prophetic words about these days I have to shout "How great are the days that we live in!" How glorious are the days of the Messiah. We are living in the days of this testimony and are privileged to be a part of Christianity’s planting in the world! The church is the mountain of the house of the LORD and the Gentiles (the spiritual seed of Abraham) are streaming into it and are encouraging others to come with them. And for what purpose? “That He may teach us concerning His ways, and that we may walk in His paths.”
We need to come to the "mountain of the LORD" expecting Him to teach us His ways and we need to have full intensions of walking in those ways. While we may have to “go up to the mountain of the Lord” – in other words worship is work – our labor is never in vain!! We go, He teaches! It is worth every investment of time and effort.
God will teach us and we will walk in what we have learned. “If He will teach us His ways, we will walk in His paths. If He will let us know our duty, we will by His grace make conscience of doing it.” (Henry)
We are part of this glorious gospel church. The chief of mountains has been established and we are among those who have streamed into it. In light of that may we make every effort to “ go up to the mountain of the LORD.” May we be taught. May we walk. And may He be glorified in His church!
In His glorious grace,
Lori
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