I was reading from Isaiah this morning in chapter 2. Verses 7 and 8 say: Their land has also been filled with silver and gold, And there is no end to their treasures; Their land has also been filled with horses and there is no end to their chariots. Their land has also been filled with idols: They worship the work of their hands. That which their fingers have made.
We always give God's people in the bible a hard time. They seem so foolish. Why are the so disobedient? Why do they always rebel against God? When I read this passage this morning, the people that came to my mind were the Americans, myself included. You could rewrite it, especially this time of year as we approach the holiday season, to look something like this:
Their land has been filled with stuff and more stuff, and there is no end to their treasures; Their land has also been filled with cars and there is no end to the fords, chevys, hondas, toyotas. Their land has also been filled with idols (their stuff): they worship what they can buy from the money they make (or don't make) that they get from the work of their hands. That which their fingers have made.
Go read Isaiah chapter 2 and see if you can put yourself in there. I know I can. We're pretty foolish aren't we? Read on and see what happens to these foolish people. Verse 22 says:
Stop regarding man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils; For why should he be esteemed?
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