Isaiah 20
It would be quite difficult to forget that 3 year period if you were a friend of Isaiah!
In the most dramatic and disturbing of prophetic signs God speaks to those who boast in the strength of man to show the foolishness of their way.
He gives and takes away.
He builds and tears down.
He clothes and strips bare.
God is.
They were not even putting their trust in what God had given man.
Augustine said, “Even the good merits and qualities which people may display toward one another are gifts from God. Every good quality comes from His grace. God’s mercy is the ground of salvation. Therefore, let no man boast. Out of faith spring hope and love. We hope only in God — not in men and not in ourselves.” (“The History of Doctrines”, Reinhold Seeberg, p. 366)
What do we boast in? What do we hope in?
Only God is the sure thing to boast in
With Him you will never be ashamed.
Missions Paul 