Isaiah 31:6

 Isaiah 31:6 says, Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.  Isaiah calls on the people who had deeply revolted against God to turn to Him once more.  If we are living in rebellion against God, even as followers of Christ, we need to hear His call to turn to Him once more.  Though we are forever saved if we put our faith in Jesus Christ, we can still turn away from God’s will, and if we do, we need to repent and turn to following Him once more.  We could also apply this to any nation that professes to be a Christian nation but that has turned away from God’s law.   

Verse seven adds, For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.  Isaiah said that when the people turned to God once again that they would destroy all their idols, those things made by hand that they put above God.  As Christians, we must remove everything from our lives that we put above God if we are to successfully follow Him. 

Verse eight continues, Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.  Isaiah said that when the people of Israel turned to God once more that the Assyrians would fall.  This would happen not by the swords of Egypt or Israel, but by the sword of an angel.  God has already defeated all our spiritual enemies, and this was done by His power and not ours.  We can only accept His gift of salvation and look to Him for our strength. 

Verse nine concludes, And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.  Isaiah said that the king of Assyria would return to his stronghold out of fear, but there is no place that a person can be safe if they are outside of the will of God.  No matter how powerful a nation or an individual may be, if they are living in defiance of God, there is no safe place for them to hide.