O UR DAILY BREAD April 5, Monday ANCHORED IN TRUTH Bible in a Year: 1 Samuel 1–3 Luke 8:26–56 I will drive him like a peg into a firm place. Isaiah 22:23 Today's Scripture & Insight: Isaiah 22:15–20, 22–25 My family lives in a nearly century-old house with a lot of character, including wonderfully textured plaster walls. A builder cautioned me that with these walls, to hang a picture I’d have to either drill the nail into a wood support or use a plaster anchor for support. Otherwise, I’d risk the picture crashing to the ground, leaving an ugly hole behind. The prophet Isaiah used the imagery of a nail driven firmly into a wall to describe a minor biblical character named Eliakim. Unlike the corrupt official Shebna ( Isaiah 22:15–19 ), as well as the people of Israel—who looked to themselves for strength (vv. 8–11)—Eliakim trusted in God. Prophesying Eliakim’s promotion to palace administrator for King Hezekiah, Isaiah wrote that Eliakim would be driven like a “peg into a firm...
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