Isaiah 20 Commentary
“And we thought they were our best hope, that they’d rescue us from the king of Assyria – them the Egyptians and the Cushites.
What have we depended on for help during moments of crisis? Money? Friends? Connections? Family? Intelligence?
The LORD God comes in and warns humanity against putting trust in things other than the LORD Himself. And a time comes when human pillars are removed. The LORD wants the saint to see just how worthless it is to trust in things other than the Creator God.
Superpowers fall under the same Ultimate authority and rule of the Sovereign God.
If poor nations fall, it’s probably because they are poor and defenseless. What about the powerful nations? Why do they fall? By order of Heaven, powerful nations and individuals fall.
Yet a man cannot live without leaning on something. We cannot stand by ourselves. The future is uncertain. Planning is always, and must always be part of our design. We always want to feel secure. But who is providing that security? Egypt? Cush?
Jesus is the Prince of peace, but never the peace we know. He is the River of Life, but never the life we know.
He is everything we have desired, everything we have wanted, and everything we have needed – the desire of ages.
He is the Peace we always seek in peace deals. He is the satisfaction we desire in our pursuits. He is the dad we have always needed. Let the fall of our human pillars, Egypt and Cush, remind us of the realities of creation.
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