Isaiah 26:7 (ESV)
7 The path of the righteous is level;
you make level the way of the righteous.
God LEVELS the Path! Be Level Headed!!
In the above verse we are pulling a thought out of the middle of Isiah’s prophesy about destruction on the wicked nations and blessing on the remnant that He will ultimate save through that destruction. The prophet has just said the following:
Isaiah 26:3-4 (ESV)
3 You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you.
4 Trust in the LORD forever,
for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.
He is telling the righteous, that in the midst of the upheaval of the life around them, to keep their “minds” focused on Him. He goes on to write (and note the word picture he uses):
Isaiah 26:5-6 (ESV)
5 For he has humbled
the inhabitants of the height,
the lofty city.
He lays it low, lays it low to the ground,
casts it to the dust.
6 The foot tramples it,
the feet of the poor,
the steps of the needy.”
Isaiah is making a point that God “lays low,” even to the “ground” the proud and lofty. He then makes the reference the the “poor and needy” (those who were persecuted by the “proud and lofty”) will “trample” over those who are now cast to the dust of the ground. Those are the words the prophet writes just prior to the verse I that caught my attention:
V. 7 - The path of the righteous is level;
you make level the way of the righteous.
The word for “level” in the verse is used twice. Once n the first line and once in the second. The first one is the Hebrew word, mêšâr. It means “smoothly.” The path of the righteous is “smooth.” But the second world translated “level” is the Hebrew word, p̱âlas. It means to “make flat,” as in a road. Are you seeing the word picture the prophet is creating? He is saying that the mind that is stayed on God’s plan (does not create false narratives in his head) will be “smooth” and made “flat.” It will be made “level.” Solomon uses, p̱âlas, many times and it is mostly translated to our English word, “ponder.” When we “ponder” something in our heads and align it with God’s plans, based upon His Word, we “level” our head. We have all heard the phrase, “Be level headed.” That is the picture we have here. Those who’s mind is stayed on God, God will make level headed. We need not worry about those around us, that are not walking in the way of God. God will take care of that. God, in perfect love and righteousness, will reduce them to powder and place them on the road for the poor in Spirit and the needy of heart. He will then make our minds level (smooth and flat) and give us supernatural peace, as we focus our minds on those truths. Amazing!! Be level headed today. Not because you have such great control of your mind. But, because God is making the path of the righteous level (smooth) and He will level (flatten) both the way before us and the mindset within us, by believing that truth!!
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