- Stand fast in your enchantments and your many sorceries, with which you have labored from your youth; perhaps you may be able to succeed; perhaps you may inspire terror. You are wearied with your many counsels; let them stand forth and save you, those who divide the heavens, who gaze at the stars, who at the new moons make known what shall come upon you. Behold, they are like stubble; the fire consumes them; they cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. No coal for warming oneself is this, no fire to sit before! Isaiah 47:12-14 – To sum all that up, the writer was telling his listeners that they were about to be humbled by God. That nothing will save them from the power that God has. Here he sarcastically tells them to run to all the things they ran to for so long to help them to see if they could help with this coming wrath from God. Yet they wouldn’t be able to help because they’re nothing. This really should make us check to see if the things we run to can actually handle what comes in our life. Even if it’s been something we ran to our whole life, if it can’t help us it’s worth leaving. Make sure that what you lean on for help actually can help you and have confidence knowing that if it’s God you have chosen to lean on, He can bear any burden we have. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1248
- Such to you are those with whom you have labored, who have done business with you from your youth; they wander about, each in his own direction; there is no one to save you. Isaiah 47:15 – God is speaking to the nation of Babylon that came against Israel. Mercilessly they overpowered Israel, and while God’s hand allowed Babylon to punish sinful Israel, Babylon took things too far and God was now speaking judgement over Babylon. Babylon was known for its occult practices and trust in evil spirits, so God was challenging Babylon to trust in these false gods and evil spirits to save them from Him. Yet none would be able to and none would even try. That last line reveals how hopeless their situation was, “there is no one to save you.” When it comes to God’s judgment on sin, there truly is nothing in this world that is able to save you from it. That line spoken to the Babylonians could be spoken over us, there is no one to save us. This would be true if all we were trusting in were things of the world, but praise the Lord we have a Savior that is not of this world. In Jesus, we have someone to save us. Jesus took the judgement of God upon Himself on the cross so now any who follow Him are saved from God’s wrath on their sin. Now instead of existing in a state of unholiness toward God the Father, because of Jesus we can be holy in the Father’s sight and be welcomed at His table. Know though if you are seeking a life with God and heaven once you die in anywhere other than Jesus, the message God spoke to the Babylonians is being spoken to you. You will find no one to save you. Yet, if you look to Jesus, you’ll find One who is mighty to save. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2714
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