Have you ever found it hard to trust God? I’m not just talking about trusting Him by choosing to follow Him, but to really follow Him with your everyday decisions. I think if we’re honest with ourselves when it comes to applying a lot of what God tells us we should do we start with denial. I mean all that stuff was back then, God doesn’t understand how bills work. They didn’t even have to deal with bills back then, right…?
Read Isaiah 46:10 and write down your initial thoughts
What’s interesting about this verse is the context. Yahweh, the God of Israel is being compared to all the other gods of the nations. Yahweh’s people have chosen to follow other gods along with Him, and that’s just not going to cut it. You see, they served their gods because to them, that was how the world worked. If you want a good harvest you offer a sacrifice to the fertility god, usually Ba’al. Notice in Isaiah 46:1 two gods are mentioned, the first is Bel also called Ba’al. The second is Nebo who is the god of your destiny. . It’s easy for us to look back and wonder how they could follow different gods along with Yahweh, and yet we miss the different gods of our time. They’re the gods who whisper in our ears, “but God doesn’t understand how this works….” Take some time and write down some of the “gods” in our lives who tend to dictate over God what choices we should make.
As you begin to discover your future, may you discover how to trust God in the things that don’t necessarily make sense?
Today pray that God would reveal those gods in your life that are keeping your from abundant life
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