- These also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed by wine, they stagger with strong drink, they reel in vision, they stumble in giving judgment. Isaiah 28:7 – Those who were called to give guidance and help were consumed with their own sin, distracting them from giving good help. Something that has been heavy on my heart for the past couple days is the importance of us staying steady in our walk with God in this season. Yes, because we need it, but also because others will need it. See once this season is over, I believe we’ll see some of our church family who really struggled to stay strong in their walk during this time. We need to be ready for that time to step in and help them. If though we are allowing ourselves to entertain sin in this season, we’ll be like the priests here who were unable to help and guide the people they were called to. Stay steady in your walk not only for your sake but for the sake of those you’ll be helping once this is all over. Let’s be the ones offering a hand of help rather than the ones having to take one. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac- Daily DEVO 1229
- …therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’ And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plumb line; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter.” Isaiah 28:16-17 – Our chapter today is speaking to God’s people in both the northern and southern kingdoms of Israel. God is addressing their sin, one of which was drunkenness. Apparently this was such a problem for the people that it had found its way into the lives of the leaders, priests, decisions makers, and prophets. Wine had clouded their minds and led them astray. The messages of the Lord to them were too simple for their great minds and they had instead trusted in lies and death to be their shelter. Here though God reminds them that He is the sure foundation to trust in. He will bring justice to those who reject His message. All the refuge of lies and shelters of death won’t be able to stop His wrath from coming their way. Today, we too can find ourselves dismissing the truth of God and placing our trust in wrong shelters. We can trust our good deeds to save us, we can trust our church attendance to save us, we can trust that our grandma’s faith and prayers over us will save us. We can trust some other gods of the world to save us, or we could trust in something like worldly power to save us. Yet God’s word teaches us that if our lives aren’t trusting in the precious cornerstone that is Jesus Christ as our foundation and shelter, all other shelters in lives will crumble and not be able to save. Be sure you are finding shelter in Jesus and under nothing other than Him. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2695
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