I had never seen God's words above from Isaiah. So meaningful to me. So powerful to me. Intuitively I think we all know that when a good person dies, it must be for a good reason. And God just gave us the good reason. The real reason.
The reason an innocent baby dies, the reason an innocent baby is allowed to die, or is taken away from this world, is to spare this innocent baby from evil. Evidently, evil awaited this innocent child, and God spared him or her, taking him or her straight to heaven. Imagine. To wake up in heaven, and for that to be the only thing you've ever known, or ever will know. So many babies have died, and are dying as I type. God is sparing them from evil.
This doesn't mean that killing them isn't evil. It still is. But if God allows it, He is sparing them from even more evil, from even worse evil. God is good. Glory to God.
And when a righteous man dies, in his righteousness, because of his righteousness, God is sparing this righteous man from evil.
When a righteous woman is taken away, when she has to leave a job, or a neighborhood, God is good. God is sparing this righteous woman from evil.
When you have been righteous, and you've lost your job, or home, or relationship, when God took you away from those people or those situations, God was sparing you from evil, if you were righteous in that situation.
Now if you were unrighteous, that's another story. Another blog post.
But if you were righteous, and you were removed from a person, place, or situation, God loves you. God spared you.
Praise God.
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