Isaiah 44-45 He Is God And We Are Not

These are chapters we all need to read often, for in them God reminds us that He is God and we are not, that anything we make with our hands from raw materials created by Him should never be worshiped, including our homes and possessions.  Idol worship leads to judicial blindness, as God will close the minds of those who will not worship Him:

“Those people don’t know what they are doing.  They don’t understand!  It is as if their eyes are covered so they can’t see.  Their minds don’t understand.  They have not thought about these things; they don’t understand … He doesn’t know what he is doing; his confused mind leads him the wrong way.  He cannot save himself….”

God reminds us over and over in chapter 45 that He is the only God.  There is no other God but Him.  We need such a reminder, because in our human pride we often can be tempted to think that we are gods as well.

Father, those who ridicule these teachings are already judicially blinded.  I know because I’ve been there, and I don’t ever want to go back.  Keep me closer to You, the one and only God, Creator of the Universe and Savior of my soul!

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford