Isaiah 21
PLANNED BY THE LORD
Jerusalem is high up in the mountains of Israel. One of the good things about it was that it had its own spring just outside the city walls. But that was also a bad thing. If Jerusalem ever got closed up because of a siege, the water from the spring would sustain their enemies instead of the people of the city.
That was where one of Hezekiah’s great successes lay. He diverted the spring by creating a tunnel and having the water flow into the city. Then he covered up the spring outside the city so that his enemies would not know where to find it. This was not some random great idea from the mind of Hezekiah. God planned the city. God planted the spring. And God probably inspired Hezekiah with the idea for the tunnel.
But the people didn’t even think to give God the credit. He said, “You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago.” (Isaiah 22 v 11 ESV).
Are there convenient or coincidental circumstances in our lives? Maybe (and quite likely) they are there because they have been planned and planted by God. Let’s appreciate them and give thanks to God for them.
With love in our Lord,
Robert
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