Isaiah 23 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO

Who has purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth? The Lord of hosts has purposed it, to defile the pompous pride of all glory, to dishonor all the honored of the earth. Isaiah 23:8-9 – Isaiah is now directing his prophecies towards Tyre. Tyre was a harbor city that was extremely important for shipping trade in that time. Because it was such a hub for trade, Tyre became a massively wealthy city. Merchants were considered princes and leaders, traders were considered honored in their midst. This fed into a deep sin for the people of Trye, pride. With more and more wealth coming their way, and more eyes looking to them as they grew successful, “pompous pride” grew. From Isaiah though we hear of a coming destruction of Tyre, of all this wealth being gone and the glory being stripped from Tyre. Who was the one to do such a thing? Who purposed this to happen? Who defiled such pride? It was the Lord. Our God will defile what defiles. For sin in our life defiles us, it makes us unclean and unholy. Yet God, when His righteousness comes into the mix, takes what defiles, and defiles it’s efforts. Know whether it’s pride like we see in our passage, or some other sin, God’s command is for us to live apart from such sin. He has spoken of sin’s defiling nature in our life, so Jesus came to defile the efforts of sin. While the enemy’s ultimate goal with sin of our eternal death has been forever “defiled,” let us not continue in the sin our Savior has defeated. Let us live holy and humbly before the Lord, and let us instead be tools God uses to defile the efforts of our enemy in our brother’s life. I love you, but Jesus loves you more - Mac

Question To Ponder: Why do you think pride was a sin that led so many people away from God in scripture?

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