"Struck and Scattered to be Covered, ReCovered, and Restored!" (Is 27:7-13) - Daily Manna - 12/16/25
Struck and Scattered to be Covered, ReCovered, and Restored! (Isaiah 27:7:1-13)
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Have you ever felt like God was striking you… and wondered if He was finished with you? Isaiah 27 pulls back the curtain and shows something radically different: we may be struck and scattered, but in God’s hands that’s never the end of the story. His discipline is not destruction. His scattering is not abandonment. It’s all moving toward one goal: that our sin would be covered, our idols shattered, and our lives restored.
In this teaching from Isaiah 27:7–13, we walk through the mystery of God’s “east wind” — His fierce dealings with Israel through exile and judgment — and discover that He never strikes His people the way He strikes their enemies. Instead, He disciplines “by measure,” purifying like a refiner separating dross from silver. We see fortified cities brought to dust, altars crushed to chalk, and then… a tender promise: God will thresh and gather His people one by one from the Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt.
Finally, Isaiah points us forward to the great shofar blast — echoed in Matt 24:31; 1 Cor 15:52; 1 Thes 4:16–18 — when the dead and the exiles, the struck-down and the scattered, will be gathered to worship on God’s holy mountain. This message calls us to let God smash our idols, receive His covering, and live in hope of resurrection and restoration.
If you’ve been in a season of shaking, discipline, or scattering, this word will help you see the heart of God in it all — the God who strikes to heal, scatters to gather, and disciplines to redeem.
Key passages: Isa 27:7–13; Gen 15:18; Ex 23:31; Ps 48:8; Hos 13:15; Matt 24:31; 1 Cor 15:52; 1 Thes 4:16–18; 2 Cor 4:7–18
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