“They will not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. … The LORD of hosts is mustering an army for battle.” Isaiah 11:9, 13:4c

“‘The LORD of hosts is mustering an army for battle.’ God always acts to redeem and rescue us. We can’t outrun, out-give, outlast, or out grow God’s love. Out of the depth of that love, God delivered the people of God out of Egypt, moved an army to deliver the people of God from exile, and later would send the Son to rescue the world. The whole of Scripture captures God’s great love affair with humanity. We may try to run and hide, but the arm of God’s love for us is always long enough to reach and rescue us.” (Life Application Topic – Love of God, Wesley Study Bible, pg 830)

Whose army have you joined? Why? As a contemporary worship song says, “If grace is an ocean we’re all sinking”, are you ‘full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.’? I desire to be a part of God’s army, an army that battles with love to overcome evil! “Surely God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid, for the LORD GOD is my strength and my might; he has become my salvation.” (Isaiah 12:2)