A Heart Wider Than Borders
“whom the LORD of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.””
A SURPRISE IN THE MIDST OF JUDGMENT
Isaiah 19 spends most of the chapter announcing judgment against Egypt — and then, without warning, ends with this surprising, generous blessing.
EGYPT MY PEOPLE
Egypt was Israel's former oppressor in slavery — calling it "my people" is a reversal only God's grace could write.
ASSYRIA THE WORK OF MY HANDS
Assyria was the empire threatening to destroy Israel — God claims even this enemy as his own handiwork, shaped by his own hands.
ISRAEL MY INHERITANCE
Israel keeps its unique, beloved place — but now standing alongside nations once only enemies, joined in one family of blessing.
A GLIMPSE OF THE GOSPEL
Centuries before Paul wrote there is neither Jew nor Greek in Christ, Isaiah already reveals a God whose plan always included every nation.
PRAY FOR A FORMER ENEMY
Act: Name one person or group you've viewed as an adversary, and pray today asking God to call them his people and his handiwork too.