“They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their
spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they
train for war anymore” (Isaiah 2:4).
If these words sound vaguely familiar it is probably because
you have heard them in songs like “Down by the Riverside” also known as “Ain’t
Gonna Study War No More” or “Heal the World” by Michael Jackson.
While the modern use of these words proclaims a day of peace
and reconciliation built on human effort, the Hebrew prophet, Isaiah, clearly
understood that peace came not from human effort but by divine action. It is
when God orchestrates reconciliation because nations acknowledge him then
weapons of war turn into implements of agriculture. On an individual level the
same miracle of transformation occurs: when we get of our thrones of
self-rightness and bend our knees to him our tongues are transformed from
swords of destruction into vessels of blessing. – Ron Friesen
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