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Isaiah - Day 30

versebyverse | June 09, 2008 22:16

Scripture:  Isaiah 1:30 (NIV):  "You will be like an oak with fading leaves, like a garden without water."

Thought:  To me, we become just like the idols we may worship in the place of God; that is, just as inanimate as they are!

Question:  Do I possess the life of Christ and worship Christ's Father?

To choose an idol leads to death.  Oak trees are not immortal--gardens can die without water.  They look lovely for awhile, but their end is death.  Oaks may appear strong and gardens beautiful, but they fail in the end.  Our idols are just the same.

Psalm 115:4-8 describes the process of idolatry:  idols are 1)  made by man  2)  they are mute  3)  they are blind  4)  they are deaf  5)  they cannot smell or touch or move or speak, and, most importantly,  6)  those who make them and trust them become like them!  Notice here in Isaiah 1:30 how the word "like" is used twice.  

I, for one, want to make a better choice.  My prayer is that I will not tempt God by seeing how much I can listen to the attractiveness of the temptations of idolatry.  How long am I gazing at the "beautiful garden?"  How long am I admiring the "strong oak trees?"  Help me, oh God, to avert my eyes immediately!

If the "eye" of my soul is seeking to trust to something "strong" or like a "garden" and chooses to look only toward the things of this created world, there is a danger my soul may fall into idolatry.  Webster defines idolatry as:  "the worship of a physical object as a god."  Webster defines a "god" as "the supreme reality."  How ludicrous to hold in highest regard a created object as our "supreme" Being!  God is much higher than anything He has made.  He alone deserves all our "wonder."

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, You are Supreme!  You are above every created thing.  You are not of this world.  Help me to worship You appropriately, bowing in awesome amazement at Your Matchless Essence.  May no other compete for my worship of You.  Amen. 

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