21 Whether you turn TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.’ Isaiah 30
This phrase, ‘to the RIGHT or to the LEFT’, runs right through Scripture from Genesis to Revelation and I want to look at some of the things to which it refers.
Isaiah promises God’s goodness to the people of Zion who live in Jerusalem, a change is coming, God’s blessings are coming.
20 Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, YOUR TEACHERS WILL BE HIDDEN NO MORE; with your own eyes you will see them. 21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘THIS IS THE WAY; WALK IN IT.’ Isaiah 30
Isaiah speaks about guidance and direction coming in a fuller measure and with greater clarity than ever. But there’s a condition for receiving God’s direction which is stated in the next verse;
22 Then you will desecrate your idols overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold; you will throw them away like a menstrual cloth and say to them, ‘Away with you!’ Isaiah 30
I heard a prophet on Elijahstreams saying recently that the Lord had declared, ‘idolatry is death’! Idols made by men look ugly so they have to be coated (disguised) with silver or gold to make them look precious. Idols can be hard to give up/smash because they seem so precious to us. But in this scripture God says throw them away and then you’ll receive true guidance and direction from heaven.
20 And God spoke all these words:
2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
3 “You shall have no other gods before/besides me. Exodus 20
The first commandment to Israel was, ‘you shall have no other gods’ and often the prophets and leaders, such as Joshua, told Israel to throw away their idols.
A New Testament corollary might be taken from Jesus’ teachings on the Mount of Olives,
32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6
Kingdom and Righteousness, the two things that will position us to receive God’s blessings and guidance for our lives in this present time.
God bless and keep you today. Immanuel, God is with us.