Friday Devotion, December 4

Friday Devotion, December 4

Isaiah 2:5-22

⁵ Come, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the Lord! ⁶ For the Lord has rejected his people, the descendants of Jacob, because they have filled their land with practices from the East and with sorcerers, as the Philistines do. They have made alliances with pagans. ⁷ Israel is full of silver and gold; there is no end to its treasures. Their land is full of warhorses; there is no end to its chariots. ⁸ Their land is full of idols; the people worship things they have made with their own hands. ⁹ So now they will be humbled, and all will be brought low— do not forgive them. ¹⁰ Crawl into caves in the rocks. Hide in the dust from the terror of the Lord and the glory of his majesty. ¹¹ Human pride will be brought down, and human arrogance will be humbled. Only the Lord will be exalted on that day of judgment. ¹² For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has a day of reckoning. He will punish the proud and mighty and bring down everything that is exalted. ¹³ He will cut down the tall cedars of Lebanon and all the mighty oaks of Bashan. ¹⁴ He will level all the high mountains and all the lofty hills. ¹⁵ He will break down every high tower and every fortified wall. ¹⁶ He will destroy all the great trading ships and every magnificent vessel. ¹⁷ Human pride will be humbled, and human arrogance will be brought down. Only the Lord will be exalted on that day of judgment. ¹⁸ Idols will completely disappear. ¹⁹ When the Lord rises to shake the earth, his enemies will crawl into holes in the ground. They will hide in caves in the rocks from the terror of the Lord and the glory of his majesty. ²⁰ On that day of judgment they will abandon the gold and silver idols they made for themselves to worship. They will leave their gods to the rodents and bats, ²¹ while they crawl away into caverns and hide among the jagged rocks in the cliffs. They will try to escape the terror of the Lord and the glory of his majesty as he rises to shake the earth. ²² Don’t put your trust in mere humans. They are as frail as breath. What good are they?

Quick Notes
It is probably nt surprising, but we get attached to things and make them more important than they are. What we are doing is making idols. Even though the idols may start off as innocent, we can become too attached and ultimately lose sight for our purpose on earth.
Quick Questions
What are your idols? If no idols, what do you come the closest to idolizing? Why?
Quick Prayer
Lord, I know that I do not always put you above every other God. Help me to prioritize you first. Amen.