Saturday Reading: Isaiah 45 20-25
Key Verse: Isaiah 45 22
22 Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
Key Verse: Isaiah 45 22
22 Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
Devotion:
How simple are the words of the prophet Isaiah. Yet how often they are ignored. The instruction is so simple: “Draw near together”, “take counsel together”, “Turn to Me, and be saved”. He has been promising from the beginning that He would do certain things, all of which do come to pass. In other words, He has always told the truth – so when He says that He is God and that we need to turn to Him to be saved, that is the absolute truth. It does not take too much reading to figure out just how true His Word is, yet people are not willing to pick it up and read it!
How simple are the words of the prophet Isaiah. Yet how often they are ignored. The instruction is so simple: “Draw near together”, “take counsel together”, “Turn to Me, and be saved”. He has been promising from the beginning that He would do certain things, all of which do come to pass. In other words, He has always told the truth – so when He says that He is God and that we need to turn to Him to be saved, that is the absolute truth. It does not take too much reading to figure out just how true His Word is, yet people are not willing to pick it up and read it!
If we are willing to pick up our bibles and read them, then we will find out a wonderful truth. No only that, but if we are willing to be willing to be obedient before God, then we will find all the things of a normal Christian life just become part of our lives: the reading, the praying, the church attendance... and we will find that we are happy to do them because it does fulfil our lives. Every being will bow before Him when the time comes – there is no escaping that He is God and that He alone is all powerful. We will all face Him at one stage or another – I just hope that you will be able to face Him with a clean heart, one that has been cleaned by Christ.
There is no way that we can gain righteousness other than through Christ. There is no better way to gain strength that through Christ. There is no better place to be than in His arms. There is no way that God will turn His back on any of us that are willing to turn towards Him and accept Him back into our lives. He created us in the beginning. We have consistently shown that we cannot figure out where we came from. He has shown how He can control our world we live in. We have shown Him that we can break almost everything that we touch. But just like a loving parent, He is there to pick up the pieces – let Him be back in control of your life, don't try to run His life!
Points to Ponder:
Do you like telling people what to do?
Do you really think you can tell God what to do?
Do you like telling people what to do?
Do you really think you can tell God what to do?