The Source

In the same manner as the king of Babylon, the king of Assyria surveyed all that was under his control and within his realm.  Coming from an insignificant nation to the ruler of the world's kingdoms, he nearly broke his arm patting himself on the back.  If his head had swollen any more he would have to wear a neck brace just to hold it up.

But the truth was that the king of Assyria was not responsible for his great wealth and expansive kingdom, God raised him up in order to use Assyria as an instrument of judgment on Israel who had turned to others gods and forgotten the God of their salvation.  The king of Assyria was not the source or the power but he, like Israel, failed to recognize or acknowledge the Source.

Isaiah brought him a word from The Lord: "Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it, or the saw boast against the one who uses it? As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up, or a club brandish the one who is not wood!" (Isa 10:15).  Assyria would soon find itself in the same position as Babylon and Israel, being brought low due to their self-pride and refusal to honor the God who raised them up.

I was doing a little reading in our Declaration of Independence and I noted that our Founding Fathers acknowledge that our rights came from the Creator, not from the government or our personal might.  Despite all the efforts to wipe away the foundation of faith in God upon which this nation was built, our foundational document clearly proclaims that God, not man, is the Source

I wonder, if we continue down this path, if the day will not come when God raises up another nation to bring judgment upon us as he did wih Israel, Babylon, Assyria and others?  Jus' Sayn.