Isaiah 26:3-6 Trust God in Him is our peace and He will not be mocked.

 Isaiah 3:14–15

The LORD will enter into judgment

With the elders of His people

And  His princes:

For you have eaten up the vineyard;

The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

What do you mean by crushing My people

And grinding the faces of the poor?”

Says the Lord GOD of hosts.

God will not be mocked. Two things He hates, pride and arrogance. What does He expect of us?  He commands us to hate evil. He commands us to love our  neighbors as ourselves. He commands us to care for those who cannot care for themselves. He commands us to care for the foreigners who dwell in our land. He cares for all people of all nations and wants all to come to Him in the truth that Jesus taught. There is no other way to the Father except in Him. Blessed are the peacemakers! Carla

Isaiah 26:3-6

3 You will keep him in perfect peace,

Whose mind is stayed on You,

Because he trusts in You.

4 Trust in the Lord forever,

For in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength.

5 For He brings down those who dwell on high,

The lofty city;

He lays it low,

He lays it low to the ground,

He brings it down to the dust.

6 The foot shall tread it down—

The feet of the poor

And the steps of the needy.”  (NKJV)

The righteous can count on peace instead of war, destruction, and judgment as long as they continue to trust in Yahweh. Judgment came because they did not fully trust in Yahweh.

The major sin and folly of Judah (and all the nations) was placing trust in themselves and their own power rather than trusting in and acknowledging Yahweh’s power. The theme of judgment throughout Isaiah is intimately linked with the theme of human pride and arrogance.

The image of a rock is a common metaphor for God in biblical poetry (Psalm 18:1–3; 31:3; 71:3; Deuteronomy 32:30–31). Here, the metaphor brings out the trustworthiness of God. God humbles those who exalt themselves (Isaiah 2:9–12). God casts down the proud, but the poor and needy who were formerly oppressed assist in the judgment. Faithlife Study Bible

The Hebrew expression translated perfect peace is literally “peace, peace”; compare the word holy in 6:3. Immanuel will inaugurate this superior kind of peace (9:6; 11:6–9). Trust means “to commit oneself fully to.” Yah, the Lord is an emphatic designation of God (12:2).

Line after line asserts the destruction of the lofty city (verse 1) by the power of God. The NKJV Study Bible

Isaiah 25:10–12

For on this mountain the hand of the LORD will rest,

And Moab shall be trampled down under Him,

As straw is trampled down for the refuse heap.

And He will spread out His hands in their midst

As a swimmer reaches out to swim,

And He will bring down their pride

Together  with the trickery of their hands…

Isaiah 12:2

Behold, God is my salvation,I will trust and not be afraid;

‘For YAH, the LORD, is my strength and song;

He also has become my salvation.’ ”

Isaiah 26:12

LORD, You will establish peace for us,

For You have also done all our works in us.

Isaiah 50:10

“Who among you fears the LORD?

Who obeys the voice of His Servant?

Who walks in darkness

And has no light?

Let him trust in the name of the LORD

And rely upon his God.

Some time ago, I spent a day with the good members of a Seattle area garden club. I gave a talk about creating sanctuary spaces in your garden.
After the talk, a woman approached me to say, “I don't know if you noticed that I was nodding off during your lecture. Don't take it personally. I just had my radiation treatment.”
“When?” I asked.
“This morning,” she told me.
I am surprised, at her admission, and at the fact that I had seen her doze, and confess that I had made judgments about her before I knew any of the facts.
But before I can talk, she continues, “It gives me a new perspective on the kind of things that really matter.”
As we're talking, a glass of sparkling cider is spilled, on the tablecloth, and onto parts of her dress. “Like what just happened,” she tells me matter of factly, “that's not important.”

Sometimes we miss the invitations—the little things—we receive to be present. Let’s call them the unexpected flowers for the sacrament of the present moment.
The invitation that happens even in the dented, or cracked, or imperfect moments.
So. I wonder. Does it take disarray for us to pay attention?

What I enjoyed about my conversation with this woman is her willingness to embrace the present moment with gratitude.
As my mentor, Lew Smedes wrote, “Gratitude dances though the open windows of our hearts. We cannot force it. We cannot create it. And we can certainly close our windows to keep it out. But we can also keep them open and be ready for the joy when it comes.”

My friends, let us live “awake” one window at a time. Sabbath Moments