Monday... He did it by Himself

Isaiah 44:24b (AMP), "I am the Lord, Maker of all things. Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself."

Monday... He did it by Himself.

Many have a tendency to think very highly of themselves and what they can do. Oh we do have great ability but we are not the source. Yes it is important to have self-confidence but we are limited.

The prophet Isaiah in 44:9-10 (NLT) says, "How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don't know this, so they are all put to shame. Who but a fool would make his own god - an idol that cannot help him one bit?"

Now later in verse 24 (AMP) he writes, "For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says, 'I am the Lord, Maker of all things, Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself.'" I love that. "By Myself."

Now we do need confidence but we are foolish to manufacture idols, objects that we worship.

In verse 14b Isaiah says about this man, "He plants a fir and the rain nourishes it." Verses 16-17 says, "He burns half of the wood in the fire; over this half he [cooks and eats] meat, he roasts meat and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, 'Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire.' But from what is left of the wood he makes a god, his carved idol. He falls down before it, he worships it and prays to it and says, 'Save me, for you are my god."

Now where did the tree come from, where did the rain come from that nourished the tree, where did the meat and the fire, and where did the ability to carve the idol come from? It did not come from the idol that the man manufactured. Verse 20 says, "That kind of man (the idolater) feeds on the ashes [and is satisfied with ashes]! A deceived mind has led him astray, so that he cannot save himself, or ask, 'Is this thing [that I am holding] in my right hand not a lie?'"

I am putting my trust in the One who created all of this and Who takes care of those who follow Him. I am putting my trust in "Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself." O let's put our trust in the real One who did it by Himself. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning