Isaiah 17 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO
For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge; therefore, though you plant pleasant plants and sow the vine-branch of a stranger Isaiah 17:10 – Isaiah now speaks against Syria and Israel. Due to their close proximity and united efforts to come against the southern kingdom of Judah, God lumps them together in this prophecy. In our verse, we see a major sin that is resulting in these two nations receiving God’s judgement. They forgot about the God of their salvation. They had welcomed His rescue from their previous times of struggle, yet their eyes and hearts did not remain on Him but turned to other things to worship and chase after. How often does this happen in our story? Where we in our past have turn to the Lord for help, possibly for a minor need in life, or even to save us from our sin. Our eyes were fixed on Him, our hearts were His, and our lives were being promised to be used for Him alone. Yet, life happened and things got busy, and that life that was given to God has been used for other things. By the way we talk and live, we’ve forgotten that we were the Lord’s to be used for the Lord. Know then this is something that God sees as a sinful action and something we ought to be cautious of not falling prey to. Let us not forget the God of our salvation. Let the busyness of life not blind us to Jesus. Let the ballgames, work projects, vacations, bills, medical issues, taxes, or TV shows be what consumes our life more than Jesus does. If any of those things created you, died on the cross for you, breathed new life into your lungs, is promising you eternal life in Heaven, and is the salvation for your soul, then you can worship it instead. Yet if the thing that consumes your life right now isn’t that, then look to Jesus who is all that. I love you, but Jesus loves you more - Mac
Question To Ponder: What may have your primary focus today other than Jesus?
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