Bible Reading: Isaiah 10-12; Galatians 5
Memory verse: “They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea” Isaiah 11:12 ( KJV)
One of the reasons why man is in need today is because we do not know what we truly need. A lot of people have gone to great length to acquire money or gain knowledge that will give them what it takes to live comfortably in this life. Nothing wrong in earning high nor acquiring more knowledge. But none of these truly gives the peace and security people truly crave for.
True peace and security truly comes from God. The more man gets in tune with the knowledge of God and walks in it, the better the world would be. Prophet Isaiah, in today’s memory verse, foresaw what the world will look like in Jesus’ messianic reign, “They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea” Isaiah 11:12 ( KJV).
The Knowledge of the LORD covering the whole earth as the waters cover the sea is what man needs to attain true peace and security. The effect of this is seen in verses 6-8 of the same chapter, “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them. [7]The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. [8]The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole, And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den.”
True peace will be seen in children playing with so-called wild animals, who in turn will feed on grass rather other animals. This was God’s plan from the beginning, and He still has it as His plan for man.
Bro. Worthmore Aghanenu