Isaiah 5
Today's Passage: Isaiah 5
I’m not sure if you garden, but could you imagine tilling, planting, and tending a garden with the intentions of yielding a specific crop, only to reap something much different than what you planted?
Isaiah 5 is God’s lament over Israel. Look at the intentionality God had for His ‘vineyard’ that represents the people of Israel:
v. 1: they provided a very fertile hill
v. 2: he dug, cleared, and planted choice vines
v. 3: “what more was there to do for it that I hadn’t already done?”
Just like the human race, they rebelled. They wandered away from the gardener. And as a result of their rebellion, this was God’s response:
v. 5: I will remove its protections
v. 6: I will no longer tend the ground or provide rain for it
This is a picture of how strongly God laments over our sin. God is just to remove His hand of blessing when He forsake Him and run to other idols. We can’t expect any other result for our rebellion than what God describes in verses 8-30.
Don’t despair though, because as the rest of Isaiah unfolds we see the mercy and grace of the Father-gardener who freely offers pardon for our rebellion if we turn from our sins and return to Him. This has always been the case. Let the weight of God’s lament in this chapter prohibit us from wandering, and let the grace of God’s character remind us that we can always come home through repentance.
Here are a few questions to ponder today:
Are you currently attempting to sow crops other than what God has intended for you?
Have you wandered away from God in any degree and need to return?
Do you feel the weight of sin in light of the grace available to you in Jesus?
Written By: Drew Dukes
I’m not sure if you garden, but could you imagine tilling, planting, and tending a garden with the intentions of yielding a specific crop, only to reap something much different than what you planted?
Isaiah 5 is God’s lament over Israel. Look at the intentionality God had for His ‘vineyard’ that represents the people of Israel:
v. 1: they provided a very fertile hill
v. 2: he dug, cleared, and planted choice vines
v. 3: “what more was there to do for it that I hadn’t already done?”
Just like the human race, they rebelled. They wandered away from the gardener. And as a result of their rebellion, this was God’s response:
v. 5: I will remove its protections
v. 6: I will no longer tend the ground or provide rain for it
This is a picture of how strongly God laments over our sin. God is just to remove His hand of blessing when He forsake Him and run to other idols. We can’t expect any other result for our rebellion than what God describes in verses 8-30.
Don’t despair though, because as the rest of Isaiah unfolds we see the mercy and grace of the Father-gardener who freely offers pardon for our rebellion if we turn from our sins and return to Him. This has always been the case. Let the weight of God’s lament in this chapter prohibit us from wandering, and let the grace of God’s character remind us that we can always come home through repentance.
Here are a few questions to ponder today:
Are you currently attempting to sow crops other than what God has intended for you?
Have you wandered away from God in any degree and need to return?
Do you feel the weight of sin in light of the grace available to you in Jesus?
Written By: Drew Dukes
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