Isaiah - Day 49
versebyverse | July 02, 2008 21:20
Scripture: Isaiah 2:18 (NIV): "and the idols will totally disappear."
Thought: To me, before God can be exalted, all the idols must be annihilated.
Question: Have all my idols "disappeared"?
Notice how clear the order has been in these verses: 1) verse 12: the Lord's Day will bring humility to mankind and every element that is "high and lofty." 2) verses 13 - 16: each arena of man's pride of life is assaulted and "brought low." Every source of each and every idol is destroyed. 3) verse 17: "the LORD alone will be exalted." And 4) verse 18: "the idols will totally disappear."
We see that the idols cannot and will not disappear until the stage is set: the violent judgment of God's destruction upon the earth must take place first, then God will be lifted up. Once He is lifted up, all the idols will "totally disappear." God will have purged the world of the offending, competing idols.
If you think about what makes people proud, you can generally trace it back to something God has made. And if that is so, why do we not worship God all the more? Why do we applaud ourselves? Why do we worship what God has made instead of the God Who made all things? "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights..." (James 1:17). He is Our Source and He deserves all worship.
In another sense, all idols will disappear at this time because when God's ascendency is completed, the need for idols will "disappear." Mankind will see the goodness, blessing and power of God's rule and will flourish under it. Flourishment under God, the Father, will prevent the rise of any other lesser "gods." That is indeed a great day to look forward to!
Let us give praise and credit where it is due. Let us praise God! Let God alone be exalted and no other.
Prayer: Father in Heaven, thank You for this scriptural promise that one day the idols will disappear. I rejoice in the knowledge that You will make this happen! Amen
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