#soap # Isaiah 21 ## Title: The End is Coming ## Scripture: (Isaiah 21:16-17) For this is what the Lord has told me: “Within exactly one year all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end. Just a handful of archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be left.” Indeed, the Lord God of Israel has spoken. (NET) ## Observation: Someone once said the only thing consistent about life is change. This is true and something we can count on. Everything changes. This is either great news or devastating news. However, here is the best thing to know. God knows it all before it happens. He knows when something will begin and He knows when it will end. Even better news, He knows with exact accuracy. Nothing exists outside His Sovereign will and He is always in control. This can be small comfort when we are going through something we don’t understand. We have to face the difficult reality that God does not always stop bad things from happening to good people. In the end, God is not the author of evil. Evil is the absence or distortion of good. All that God made is good. The perversion of that good is evil. However, God is able to use that perversion for our ultimate Good. So, don’t despise change. See every end as necessary and the beginning of a new adventure with God. ## Application: See God as faithful in every beginning and every end. ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for being trustworthy.