ISAIAH 46: The POWER of the LORD and the weakness of IDOLS
As I woke up at 5.00am in the early morning of January 01st 2009 to have my quiet time with the Lord. He leads me to Isaiah chapter 46 and declared to me of what will happen in the world in 2009 about His mighty power destroying the idols man have made in their hearts. He declares in his word in the book of Isaiah that we human are more dependent or feel secured on things that we have and have turned us to be more carnal minded rather than spiritual minded but ignores him who gives us the breath of life. We are to proud of the worldly materialistic things that we have acquired in the knowledge of our own will and strength but forgetting the one who is the source of that knowledge and strength.
With that in our mind we have put this worldly materialistic gain as the first priority in our life and this has taken over the deity of God in our life where we celebrate and honour the creation more than the creator and have made us physical and spiritual idols for us to commit idolatry. Physical idols portraying images of biblical figure and human who once walk this earth and that has taken the deity of God this has also infiltrated some Christian denomination that has taken the worship and honour and celebration that belongs to God Almighty alone. This is illustrated in Isaiah chapter 46 verse 7 - 9 quote; they bear it on their shoulder, they carry it and set it in its place and it stands; from its place it shall not move. Though one cries out to it, yet cannot answer nor save him out of his trouble. "Remember this, and show yourselves men: Recall to mind, O transgressors. Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me."
I believe that the Lord through his revelation to me in the book of Isaiah 46 that this year 2009 which will be the year he will judge our idolatrous heart. This is a warning message for us to repent whole heartedly with a broken and contrite spirit that we may counted worthy to be spared from His wrath to come. As we enter through this new year 2009, I hope that without the guidance of the word of the Lord and our faith in it in our everyday life, the force of temptation and lust of the flesh, people are surely being pulled back into the lust of the world and surely they do not have any hope of where their life is leading them into.
May Our Loving and Caring Saviour Christ Jesus unshackle and bless those who heed and act on this message of Hope.