Immediately after the Lord calls Isaiah he reveals a tale of political woe and intrigue. The foreigners are coming. They have authorities placed over them. They will be doing their job by sacking and plundering. Yet in fact God is the Lord over all. In 1 Peter we see that there are lines of authority drawn and that they are drawn by God. We may not always know what our leaders are doing but we can have confidence that they are not ultimately doing it outside of God's will. It may be to guard against evil. It may be to provoke Christians to take a stand for the Gospel. It may be to inflict judgment on Christians for their unbelief. The fact is, we rarely know why God is doing things the way he is doing them. But we know that our Lord and Savior is in all and over all. He is indeed the beginning and the end. He is the one who establishes kingdoms and he is the one who will bring all of them to an end as he ushers in his eternal kingdom.
As we look at what our earthly kingdoms are doing, let us rejoice in the heavenly kingdom.
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Dave Spotts
blogging at http://capnsaltyslongvoyage.blogspot.com and http://alex-kirk.blogspot.com
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