Isaiah 16:11-14 (ESV)
Therefore my inner
parts moan like a lyre for Moab,
and my inmost self
for Kir-hareseth.
And when Moab
presents himself, when he wearies himself on the high place, when he comes to
his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail. This is the word that the LORD spoke
concerning Moab in the past. But now the LORD has spoken, saying, “In three
years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into
contempt, in spite of all his great multitude, and those who remain will be
very few and feeble.”
The chapter goes on to describe the pride, false worship, and coming demise of Moab. The Moabites are not nice people. As with the previous chapter, though, there are two verses that express grief over Moab’s fall. Verse 11 says, “my inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab.” Isaiah 16:9 goes into even more detail. “Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; for over your summer fruit and your harvest the shout has ceased.” God’s heart weeps for sinners even as he judges them. Does our heart break for the lost? How might our lives be different if we loved sinners as much as God does? How can we begin to see them through the eyes of Christ?
Perhaps we begin with this prayer:
Father your Word
says that you loved the world so much, that you gave your only Son, “that
whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).
Father, today give me eyes to see the lost, the broken, and the spiritually helpless
through your eyes of love; the very love that moved you to send your son to
die. Even if they are arrogant and self-centered like the Moabites, may I have
your heart of compassion today.
This is the heart of Jesus. Amen!
Let it be so.
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