Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
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Janesville, WI 53547
—Isaiah 19:19-22
by: Grace Crouch.
Most of us do not like to consider passages that tell us that God causes “bad” things to happen. It does not fit with our neat package of a compassionate and forgiving God. Yet, Scripture does tell us that God disciplines and “strikes” for His purposes. And, this actually does not detract from His compassion. Instead, it adds to it. He so loves the people of this world. He so wants each of us to love Him too. The verses leading up to this excerpt explain what this strike will look like. It is not until verses 21-22 that we are told why He will strike. It is so they will return to the Lord, and He will respond to them and will heal them.