Isaiah 14:24-32; II Kings 16:10-20; Micah 1-3
The LORD of hosts has sworn:
Isaiah 14:24
“As I have planned,
so shall it be,
and as I have purposed,
so shall it stand…”
For the LORD of hosts has purposed,
Isaiah 14:27
and who will annul it?
His hand is stretched out,
and who will turn it back?
The context of these verses is the LORD’s eventual judgment upon Assyria. But the principle that they express goes well beyond that scenario. These verses speak of the LORD’s omnipotence, His sovereignty over all. Nothing — and no one — can stand against the LORD’s determined purpose. Whatever He says He will do, He will do. There is no stopping Him.
Of course, we all know this, so we nod our heads in agreement. But do we believe it? Really? Do we live our lives in firm conviction of this truth? What would an outside observer, listening to what we say and watching what we do, say about us? Would the preponderance of evidence really reveal that we trust in an almighty God? I wonder.