Today's Passage:  Isaiah 21-22

What's the first thing you do when facing a problem?  If you are like most people, you survey the situation, take inventory of your resources, and then try to solve it.  That makes sense to our earthly minds...and it made sense to the rulers of Jerusalem in chapter 22.  They saw the enemy approaching, so they surveyed the danger and saw it was great.  They inventoried their resources...they had holes in the walls,but they tore down buildings to fix them. They stored up water inside the walls in case of siege. They looked to themselves to see how they could possibly fight this battle. Unfortunately, they forgot to look to the difference maker...God.

Why is it human nature to forget that God is not bound by human rules? Time after time we look to our own power when the God of infinite power is ready to show us the right answer. We inventory our resources to see if we can match up to the problem when the God of infinite resources stands ready to defend us. The people of Jerusalem would suffer because they once again didn't look to God....how many times do we suffer because of the same reaction.

We serve a God who longs to help us. He longs to do things that only He can do. Ask yourself today if you are relying on yourself or on Him...which one seems like the better choice?