It is strange work, when God must deal with His people in the same way He treated their enemies in times past. “For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, He shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that He may do His work, His strange work; and bring to pass His act, His strange act” (Isaiah 28:21 KJV). It is “strange work” (28:21) for God to turn on His own people. It was formerly at Mount Perazim that the LORD gave David victory over the Philistines (2Samuel 5:20). And, at Gibeon, Jehovah gave victory to Joshua over a confederation of kings (Joshua 10:10), but now He will perform a work that “ye will not believe, though it be told you” (Habakkuk 1:5). Israel will lose its military engagements. Why? Because of the wickedness of Israel’s conduct, God will allow Israel’s enemies to treacherously abuse and devour her (1:13).
By doctrine and tradition, both Israel and the Church have so absorbed the idea of their national and moral invincibility, they have forgotten what God requires of them to maintain that invincibility. “And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul” (Deuteronomy 10:12). God will always find a way to deal with His people, though He will treat His people in the same way He dealt with their enemies in times past.
Father, it is You who are faithful to the uttermost, not we. You have never abandoned the kindness of Your Word of promise to Your people. But, You are to be exalted in Your work, Your strange work for dealing with our unfaithfulness. May You be praised for the wisdom of Your love in judging us. And, may You be held in the highest esteem for all Your actions regarding us. In Jesus’ name, we ask it. Amen and amen.
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