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Tuesday... What is our Egypt today?


Tuesday... What is our Egypt today?

What is it that we have put our total trust in to take care of the difficulties of this day? We have something. In the time of Isaiah at one point for the nation of Israel it was Egypt.

Isaiah says in chapter 31:1 (NLT), "What sorrow awaits those who look to Egypt for help, trusting in their horses, chariots, and charioteers and depending on the strength of human armies..." We still do that today and we will have sorrow if we do. He continues, "instead of looking to the Lord." 

So what are we putting our trust in instead of the Lord, "instead of looking to the Lord"?

It really is a good question to ask today, what is our Egypt today instead of looking to the Lord? And we have our lists, don't we? We know the Democrats/Republicans will save us. Look at all they have at their disposal. Yes, God can use them, he can use Egypt but he is the source.

What is it we turn to first thing each morning? Is it God? and that is the key.

Isaiah continues, "instead of looking to the Lord, the Holy One of Israel." There was a time that we as a nation turned to God. We arrived on this land for freedom to serve God the way we felt we should but that for sure has changed. O yes, we still have some of our religious freedoms but there is also a lot of hatred against us. 

Verse 6 says, "Though you are such wicked rebels, my people, come and return to the Lord. I know the glorious day will come when each of you will throw away the gold idols and silver images your sinful hands have made."

Somehow we need to come and return to the Lord. We need to throw away those things that have taken his place in our lives, those things that we turn to and come to that we put our total trust in to take care of the difficulties of our day.

I pray for those of you who have turned away from some addiction that you had turned to when life had gotten rough. You have gone or are maybe going through a Celebrate Recovery or whatever that has been there to help you turn to God in times of deep need instead of your addiction that has had such  a hold on you. When life really gets rough please turn to God or to a friend and ask them to pray that you won't turn back to your Egypt but keep your focus on the Lord. 

Now it is very important for us to know what is our Egypt, what it is that we turn to instead of God and to see, really see that it is not enough, that the Lord is the only one that can and that will really make a difference. So that is the thought for today.

So again, what is our Egypt and when will we stop turning to that and start turning to the Lord? Let's make the commitment today to put our total trust in the Lord, to look to him in our life. Yes, yes! https://todaysbeginning.blogspot.com


 

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