Dr. Couch, so often it seems as if we forget that the Lord has humor in what He says in Scripture. Do you agree?
Yes, I certainly do! I just ran across Ezekiel 29:18-20 that to me has a
spark of humor from the Lord. The background is the siege of the city
of Tyre by king Nebuchadnezzar in 585-572 B.C. For thirteen years he
built a roadway out to the island city and besieged it, but when his war
was over he received no booty and his soldiers were not paid. The text
says his army “labored hard against Tyre” with their heads bald and
their shoulders rubbed bare. “But his army had no wages from Tyre” (v.
18).
But God made a recompense to Nebuchadnezzar. The Lord gave him Egypt
and he carried away her wealth, and more: “it will be wages for his
army” (v. 19). In God’s providence, and the fact that He is sovereign in
all of history, He gave Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar, i.e. “the land of
Egypt for his labor which he performed, because they (Nebuchadnezzar’s
troops) acted for Me” (v. 20). Nebuchadnezzar and his army were the
servants of Jehovah!
If the soldiers did not get paid one way, they would another way! God
used Nebuchadnezzar and his forces to punish Egypt and his men got paid
for all they did in trying to bring down Tyre, but Egypt as well!
To me, this is a ha, ha!
Thanks for asking.
Dr. Mal Couch
