Bible Explorer for the Young (Isaiah - Part 1)Sample

Put Your Trust in God

Jeremiah 17:5 

"Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord."

God instructed Isaiah to walk around for three years without his sandals and in sackcloth (an outer garment worn to show mourning or repentance). Can you imagine walking here and there without any proper clothes and footwear for three years? Isaiah must have been a laughingstock, feeling embarrassed and painful. 

God had a purpose for this. It was to show Judah what would happen if they depended on other nations, namely Egypt and Ethiopia, for help, rather than on God. 

According to the Bible, Assyria eventually attacked and won over Egypt and Ethiopia. The Egyptians and Ethiopians were taken away without clothes and sandals. They ended up being in the state like what Isaiah had demonstrated. 

Sometimes we rely on our own strength or on other people. God wants you to rely fully on Him. Every day when you wake up, you have to decide that this day you will trust and depend on God no matter what.

Prayer

Dear God, I want to fully rely on You rather than on my own strength, or on other people. Your power is greater than anything else. Amen