Day 4 — Isaiah 4:2-6 The Branch, the shelter, the glory Opening prayer Heavenly Father, thank you that judgment is not your final word for your

Pride is not only thinking highly of ourselves; it is building our lives on anything other than God. It is trusting what we can accumulate, control, display, or achieve. And Isaiah says such pride cannot stand.

God’s purpose was never only to rescue one city or one nation. His plan is global. The nations will come to learn his ways, walk in his paths, and live under his word.

Isaiah 1 holds up a mirror. It shows us the ugliness of rebellion and the emptiness of hollow worship. But it also opens a door. The God who tells the truth about our sin is the God who invites us to be made clean.

Isaiah is a big book in every sense.
At sixty-six chapters, it is one of the longest books in the Bible. It is also one of the richest. In fact, Isaiah is arguably the most theologically profound book in the Old Testament, and it is quoted more than any other prophecy in the New Testament.