Song # 1572 from Our Gospel In Song Collection by Col Johnston. In Isaiah chapter 17 we read that the people were warned against turning away from God.
In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel (Isaiah 17:7). They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands, and they will have no regard for what their fingers have made (Isaiah 17:8). In that day their strong cities will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth. And all will be desolation (Isaiah 17:9). You have forgotten God your Saviour, you have not remembered the Rock, your Fortress. Though you set out the finest plants and plant imported vines (Isaiah 17:10), the harvest will be as nothing (Isaiah 17:11). Oh, the raging of many nations, they rage like the raging sea. Oh, the raging of the peoples, they roar like the roaring of great waters (Isaiah 17:12). Although the peoples roar like the roar of surging waters, when He rebukes them they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumble-weed before a gale (Isaiah 17:13). In the evening, sudden terror. Before the morning, they are gone. This is the portion of those who loot us, the lot of those who plunder us (Isaiah 17:14).
Thought for today: when God forgives, He restores the soul.
Thought for the future: no matter where you turn in life, you can always turn to God. Where will you spend your eternity?