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Unlike the fickle, faltering gods of the Babylonians, the one God of Israel remains with the People of Israel throughout their lifespan, even when they transgress or are far from God. Isaiah reminds us that we are part of something greater than ourselves, beyond time and space and our own generation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though the juxtaposition Isaiah presents here might jar some modern readers, I urge an attitude of \u2018productive discomfort\u2019 here. While we could read this chapter as a celebration of the downfall of Israel\u2019s enemies, we might also read this as a reflection upon the ways in which we place the needs of our ego, our own individual need for constant striving, above the truth that we are all bound together, part of a larger whole. In a world in which we make idols out of any number of ultimately temporal things\u2014fame, wealth, personal status\u2014and in which the desire to place those we admire or wish to emulate upon a pedestal is quite strong, Isaiah\u2019s imploring us to remember always that we are part of something so much larger than ourselves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That reminder is both a humbling and challenging one. Even when we find ourselves far from God, God is there, with a constant, yearning for our wholehearted return. Our lives are filled with peaks and valleys, joy and sorrow, trial and triumph. 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