Day
One: Isaiah 6:8-13 Then
I heard the voice of the Lord saying: Who should I send? Who will go for Us? I
said: Here I am. Send me. And He replied: Go! Say to these people: Keep listening,
but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive. Dull the minds of
these people; [a] deafen their ears and blind their eyes; otherwise they might
see with their eyes and hear with their ears, understand with their minds, turn
back, and be healed. Then I said, “Until when, Lord?” And He replied: Until
cities lie in ruins without inhabitants, houses are without people, the land is
ruined and desolate, and the Lord drives the people far away, leaving great
emptiness in the land. Though a tenth will remain in the land, it will be
burned again. Like the terebinth or the oak, which leaves a stump when felled,
the holy seed is the stump.
PARENTS CONSTANTLY GIVE WARNINGS. As a child, you never
really like the warning because it always seems tied up with the idea of
punishment. If you do this, then that is going to happen. What children often
fail to realize, and usually do not until they are parents, is that the
warnings are for their good. The warnings are intended to spare their children
of unnecessary trouble or pain. They are trying to protect their children from
unfavorable consequences resulting from poor decisions. The warnings of a
parent are driven by a love for their child, not simply to provoke fear and to
force good behavior.

Likewise, He wants the best for us. We find in Scripture
strong warnings against idolatry. Nothing is to be above God in our lives or
affections. So God warns us. There will be consequences to putting God second
to anything. These warnings are meant to instruct. God wants us to understand
the love He has for us. This love can only be understood in the context of a
proper relationship with Him.
Isaiah was sent to warn the people and God is still sending
us today. He sends us to warn the world of the danger they are in and also
point them to the Rescuer.
PAUSE AND REFLECT
▷▷What is idolatry?
▷▷Why does God take idolatry so seriously?
▷▷What
can we do to avoid idolatry in our lives?
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