Proverbs 3:7 Verse Concepts Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and turn away from evil. I have repented and am now a much different (and better) person than I was in that past life, thanks to the work of the Holy Spirit. He gives strength to the weary and power to the weak. Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it: Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. When we are so used to being a certain way, it takes time to develop to another way on a higher channel, a better track above isnt always familiar to us until we grow into the new suit from above, that fits us well and makes it all a new day for us. They shall spring up among the grass like willows by flowing streams. Young's Literal Translation for Isaiah 40:4. 5 Lead me in Your truth and teach me, 36:26). How does God make the crooked places straight? So, I searched. Generally, I know what to speak. P Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough places shall become level ways, . All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Viruses are also malicious threats that come in, usually by stealth and perhaps coming in when downloading files, or opening attachments in the inbox, which allows unauthorised, mischevious code within, to infect the main operating system and corrupt our files. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.. Regeneration is the process through which Jesus makes the crooked straight. 40:3), our taking that command seriously leads to the result that the crooked shall be made straight (Isa. cit., p. 79. L 16 I will bring the blind by a way that they don't know; in paths that they don't know will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. Some elements that create bugs in the system are unwittingly pre-programmed, or programmed in by the developer of that particular application. The crooked will be made straight and the rough places made smooth. Since Pentecost there is a way for God to move on this earth in greater measures and bring His transforming power to the hearts of men to be filled with His glory. God will also give us treasures and hidden riches so that we will know that He is God. Now in Isaiah 45:2,3 - If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. A. Alexander, The Prophecy of Isaiah (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1978 reprint of 1875 edition), vol. There can be no salvation apart from repentance. 8. These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. God is with me. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. God is telling His Kingdom men and women: I have madeyour crooked paths straight;I am makingyour crooked paths straight;I will makeyour crooked paths straight. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. That it may give seed to the sower The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. " I am making crooked places straight". Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough places shall become level ways. Let Him break them down, so you can walk through. Dominion, They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. No results were found while searching for [% query %]. Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb; even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. God will break into pieces the gates that hold us back from our destiny. He operates the same way today. . The Lord straightened out this mess in a way that only he could. It is a heart surrendered and submitted to God, worshiping, praising, and obeying Him. It is when we know things are drastically wrong that we pull out suddenly from incoming disaster. The Egyptians build an altar and pillar to the Lord. They Mount up on Wings of Eagles But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! They dont consider that the author of Ecclesiastes walked by sight when he said Observe the work of God, for who can straighten what he has made crooked? Bartholomew says. In an introduction to eighteenth-century Scottish pastor and theologian Thomas Boston's book The Crook in the Lot, J. I. Packer describes a "crook" this way: Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. They lived there about ten years, and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband. you can say to this mountain throw yourself into the sea and it will be done (Matthew 21: 21 NIV). "Consider the work of God: who can make straight what he has made crooked?" Ecclesiastes 7:13. Thus says the Lord who made you, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen. . For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I name you, though you do not know me. Jesus says, I am the way and the truth and the life. What a glorious day when we see the reformation and transformation of nations, societies, regions, yielding to the moving of His wonderful grace and life changing power. 1:15 and Eccl. Those that build, those that reconstruct: they are the ones that shall be of Thee.. Satan always condemns; the Holy Spirit convicts. Join the Mornings with the Holy Spirit prayer broadcasts live. And do not return there, The mountain of debt and huge foreboding obstacles, they appear to be insurmountable and block our way, preventing any movement forward towards the promises of God for our life. In Greek, deceive (related to deceitful) means to go astray, to wander or roam about, to be led aside from the . Acts 1:15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,). Answer: the Crooked "Works" of Man--not NatureBecause the text itself explicitly refers to the "Works of Man", because "All", (even if an exaggeration), indicates the scope of his judgment, and because "Human Nature" is outside of this context, the text must be taken at face value, as a non-metaphor, that: "All of the crooked works of man, cannot be made straight, [by men]". And when he came to David, he fell to the ground and paid homage. God then says to Cyrus that He (the Lord) will make the crooked places straight. In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. Type Repentance into the seach bar to find them). Walk as children of light, But Jesus looked at them and said, With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.. For many, the crooked path is a religious or works path, even Christians. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. And Peter said to them, Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. D As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. W New American Standard Bible "I will go before you and make the rough places smooth; I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars. Vengeance are The . We dont always suddenly deceide, lets just take a 180 degrees turn here! What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be counted. 4 Show me Your ways, O LORD; Psalm 25:4,5 - Give him time to get this done. "Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth." (Jeremiah 33:6) God is the healing power that heals us. You are our gods. Gods ways are higher than our ways. Only to be discovered after much testing, or way down the track when an unknown situation arises, or when a user presses all the buttons at once and it blows! (Phil 1:21-24). The crooked path is the way that leads to spiritual and emotional emptiness and death never to fulfillment! While they were there, her husband died, as did her two sons. 12:7-9). These gates of bronze that prevent us from going through to the right place, God will smash and break the hold, like a sronghold that blocks our thinking and keeps us contained in weakness. Or what fellowship has light with darkness? Somehow, He made the crooked paths that I walked in the past straight as if they were never crooked in the first place. Experience should tell us that there just isnt a lot of right going on in this world and somewhere inside our make up, something just must be out of kilter and thats those little warning bells; That is why this distress has come upon us. (Gen. 42:21). 19:18), where five of six cities in Egypt speak the tongue of Canaan (Hebrew) and the sixth city of destruction no longer exists. My desire isto depart andbe with Christ, for that is far better. 40:4). Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. 40:5) shall see Gods glory revealed in the earth. Of stones of the desert, children of Abraham; 2. Many times in counseling, you will hear " I'm looking for direction in my life" - The fact is you will never get direction . Conclusion: everyone of these problems took time to straighten out. For you were called to freedom, brothers. 'I will go before you And make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron. N Johnson refers to the mysterious call emanating from Isaiah 40:3. Jesus restores and redeems He makes crooked paths straight. Life can get pretty rough when we veer off course - going down a bumpy track that is tough going and taking us away from the good things in life. 7:13 to justify letting their hands hang limp rather than making straight paths (Heb. As we know, the way things turn out are not always what we considered and that is OK as well, as we need the element of mystery to be on an adventure, but I am talking about when we end up in the ditch and we are just plain bogged down with no way up anymore. I God sends His rain on the wilderness of our soul and our lost ways, that creates growth in a dry place. If we lose our vehicle, we could be in a wilderness with no easy way out, restricted on foot, miles from anywhere, definitely on the rough and the hard road without means to get to our proper destination. We go to the experts and ask advice, we get some training, we practice new skills, we change the old habits to gain better skills, we get retrained, we google it!!! Many are spiritually and emotionally walking on the crooked path when they seek fulfillment in the things of the world like pleasure, wealth, and power they will twist, turn, bend around, and expend a lot of energy, but never reach the destination, which is personal fulfillment. I will lead them in paths they have not known. Software and operating systems can also inherit properties from previous generation code and as each advancement comes there still is, the features of the original inherited, like in the OS - MS Windows; He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed. But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses. At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. They are made clean and given a new heart as a result of the blood that Jesus Christ shed for them (Is. God will lead and guide me on my path. There are no doors that can hinder me from my destiny. Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. Based on the Scripture quoted above, the crooked place, the place of deceit and wickedness that the Bible refers to most often is the human heart. Christian Reconstruction, simply stated, involves the process of making the crooked places straight. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. God made the crooked things straight. It is helpful to consider Gods purposes in your adversities so that you can respond in a manner that brings glory to him. That you may know that I, the Lord, Who call you by your name, Am the God of Israel(Isaiah 45: 2, 3 NKJV). When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them. But he said to me,My grace is sufficient for you, formy power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so thatthe power of Christ may rest upon me. You will be challenged, convicted, and chastened. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. Then he was imprisoned on a false accusation from his masters wife. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict. Government, To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike? 17. Blog, A And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. Help the process along by seeing the result and the good that God has for you. There is progression in this passage in Isaiah. Eschatology, Church, The, And she became the great grandmother of King David. The Israelites had been taken into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar. World English Bible for Isaiah 42:16. 2, p. 96. Acts 2:17 But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. In fact, Gods Word goes further: it commands us to make straight paths. O And bread to the eater, Proverbs 4:26-27 Watch the path of your feet Rather, the King will arrive at the appointed time, and whether or not we have straightened our crookedness will determine if we face His wrath or His reward when He does. While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? CJB Every valley must be filled in, every mountain and hill leveled off; the winding roads must be straightened and the rough ways made smooth. 12:12-13). Remember, there are some things that suddenly change, but other things take time and need to go through a process. Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? Prayer is a means to receive the guidance of the Spirit What a God!! . R For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And he was elevated to the second highest position of authority in Egypt. Making Crooked Places Straight solves that dilemma by providing information, insights, and answers from a solid biblical base. After many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth. So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. 3, p. 28. For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive, but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts. Receive your subscription to this newsletter along with our bi-monthly Chalcedon Report all for just $20/year. But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. Some things are deeply ingrained and take time to reverse, so as long as we understand the process and see that if we trust God with our future, that He will graciously see that the effect will take place, it is a matter of faith and believing sometimes when we are in the face of opposing conditions. cit., p. 75. I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: LSB "I will go before you and make the rough places smooth; I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars. 1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; 2I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the THis episode is to encourage you who are going through the fire. And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein (Isa. TopicalBible The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. In reality, the only way a person can be on the straight and narrow is through the power and presence of Jesus in their life, because crooked is the default condition for humanity. Martin is the senior researcher for Chalcedons ongoing work of Christian scholarship, along with being the senior editor for Chalcedons publications, Arise & Build and The Chalcedon Report.
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