Good day dear friends.
Here is our study guide for today:
Thursday: Isaiah 30, 31, 32Why did the prophet speak so vigorously against an alliance with Egypt? What spiritual factors were involved in such an alliance?
There are a myriad of ways to make decisions. Yet, two concern the Isaiah relates God being concerned and interested: Those decisions made with God in mind, and those made with us in mind. The two don't always intersect. And to make a decision to join in an alliance with Egypt truly went against God. Egypt was not known as one of the countries in which God was worshipped. Their history should have told them that the great showdown between Moses and Pharoah was really a showdown between a man who claimed to be a god, and the one true God. Moses represented God, and Pharoah represented his office which was believed to be Egypt's god. And we know who won that contest.
To make a decision to enter into a treaty with Egypt was go enter into a treaty with another god. And our God is a jealous God. We either trust God completely or we don't. There are no other gods in whom we can place our trust, especially in the sacred matter of our salvation.
Where does your trust lie? Are you walking with and trusting God or have you put your trust somewhere else?
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I thank you for my salvation through Your Son, Jesus. Help me to make decisions that reflect that commitment I have in You and that You have in me. Help me to tell others. I ask this in Jesus' Name, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
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