Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
July 03, 2022: SOAP #4595: Isaiah 6-7; 2Chronicles 26-27; Philemon

SCRIPTURE:  Isaiah (NIV) 7:3 Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out… to meet Ahaz [King of Judah]… 4 Say to him, ‘Be careful, keep calm and don’t be afraid. Do not lose heart…5 Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s son have plotted your ruin, saying, 6 “Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.”
[That is what they were saying, BUT WHAT DOES GOD SAY?]
7 Yet this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “‘It will not take place, it will not happen,…9… If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.’”

OBSERVATION:  The kings of Ephriam, Israel and Aram had decided to invade Judah and divide it among their nations.  But what they were saying did not match what God was saying!   Isaiah was sent to tell Ahaz, Judah’s king, what God was saying!  King Ahaz’s faith must be placed in God’s word!  

APPLICATION: How do I know what God is saying to me?  God speaks to me through His Word, through anointed preaching, through teachers, and even through circumstances.  The Holy Spirit grabs my attention and causes me to focus on something I would normally have overlooked.  As it floats around in my thoughts, the Holy Spirit mixes in other thoughts and I quickly realize that God is speaking to Leon.  He wants me to pay attention to what I am seeing, hearing, and/or thinking.  Often the Holy Spirit brings a passage from the Bible to my mind that confirms and supports what I hear Him saying to me.  Many times it is confirmation of something I have already been thinking. 

If I do not stand in faith in what God is saying to me, I too will fall.  It is a learning process.  I learn from the blessing of God when I step out in faith and do what God says.  I also learn from the regret I have when I do not do what He was directing. 

PRAYER:   Heavenly Father, I know you are a living, speaking God.  I know that you talk to people.  You want to hear us, and you want us to hear you.  I move in faith that you will say something to me today. Amen

Pastor Leon
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