April 8
Isaiah 31 & 2Corinthians 10
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Isaiah 31

Chapter 31

31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
and who depend on horses!
They trust in the abundance of chariots
and in the large number of horsemen.
They do not look to the Holy One of Israel
and they do not seek the Lord's help.
2But He also is wise and brings disaster.
He does not go back on what He says;
He will rise up against the house of wicked men
and against the allies of evildoers.
3Egyptians are men, not God;
their horses are flesh, not spirit.
When the Lord raises His hand to strike,
the helper will stumble
and the one who is helped will fall;
both will perish together.
4For this is what the Lord said to me:
As a lion or young lion growls over its prey
when a band of shepherds is called out against it,
and is not terrified by their shouting
or subdued by their noise,
so the Lord of Hosts will come down
to fight on Mount Zion
and on its hill.
5Like hovering birds,
so the Lord of Hosts will protect Jerusalem-
by protecting it, He will rescue it,
by sparing it, He will deliver it.
6Return to the One the Israelites have greatly rebelled against. 7For on that day, every one of you will reject the silver and gold idols that your own hands have sinfully made.
8Then Assyria will fall,
but not by human sword;
a sword will devour him,
but not one made by man.
He will flee from the sword;
his young men will be put to forced labor.
9His rock will pass away because of fear,
and his officers will be afraid because of the signal flag.
This is the Lord's declaration-whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

2Corinthians 10

Chapter 10

10:1Now I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you by the gentleness and graciousness of Christ-I who am humble among you in person but bold toward you when absent. 2I beg you that when I am present I will not need to be bold with the confidence by which I plan to challenge certain people who think we are behaving in an unspiritual way. 3For though we live in the body, we do not wage war in an unspiritual way, 4since the weapons of our warfare are not worldly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments 5and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ. 6And we are ready to punish any disobedience, once your obedience has been confirmed.
7Look at what is obvious. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself of this: Just as he belongs to Christ, so do we. 8For if I boast some more about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for tearing you down, I am not ashamed. 9I don't want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters. 10For it is said, "His letters are weighty and powerful, but his physical presence is weak, and his public speaking is despicable." 11Such a person should consider this: What we are in the words of our letters when absent, we will be in actions when present.
12For we don't dare classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. But in measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves to themselves, they lack understanding. 13We, however, will not boast beyond measure but according to the measure of the area of ministry that God has assigned to us, which reaches even to you. 14For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we had not reached you, since we have come to you with the gospel of Christ. 15We are not bragging beyond measure about other people's labors. But we have the hope that as your faith increases, our area of ministry will be greatly enlarged, 16so that we may proclaim the good news to the regions beyond you, not boasting about what has already been done in someone else's area of ministry. 17So the one who boasts must boast in the Lord. 18For it is not the one commending himself who is approved, but the one the Lord commends.

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