Welcome! Isaiah 18 is a Message to Ethiopia. A seven verses message, but we’re only going to look at three. A pruning is coming.
Isaiah 18:3
3 All you inhabitants of the world, you who dwell on the earth,
When a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it!
When a trumpet is blown, you will hear it!
Yay! I love this promise. Standing on its, this one says, “You won’t miss it!” Yet this message is for Ethiopia, not everyone on earth.
Isaiah 18:4-5
4 For this is what the Lord has said to me,
“I will be quiet and I will look on from My dwelling place,
Like shimmering heat above the sunshine,
Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
5 For before the harvest, when the blossom is over
And the flower becomes a ripening grape,
He will cut off the sprigs [without buds] with pruning knives,
And [He will] remove and cut away the spreading branches.
A pruning is coming. And it will not be a light one.
Hold onto your faith, grow your faith. It’s faith that matters.