Read today’s texts first: Isaiah 43-45; 1 Peter 4
MAXIMize YOUR DAY
Why waste our time with “idol” talk, consulting stars or psychics, when we can go to the One who made both.
The accuracy of the prophecies within the book of Isaiah is stunning. The minute details fulfilled in the many messianic prophesies are convincing enough, but Isaiah also predicts other historical events with startling accuracy. Then God dares the idols people worshipped at this time to do the same.
This is what the Lord says – Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty: “I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God. Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and lay out before me what has happened since I established my ancient people, and what is yet to come - yes, let him foretell what will come” (44:6,7).
Then God, through His prophet Isaiah, predicts that a man named Cyrus, leading the next world power (the Medo-Persians), would conquer the great Babylonian Empire and release the deported Israelites back to their homeland (44:28; 45:1-7). This prophecy was written down 150 years before Cyrus was even born. It all happened, according to biblical history and substantiated by extrabiblical records!
No dumb idol then (literally “dumb”) or celebrity psychic today (also dumb) could come close to competing prophetically with the Alpha and Omega, First and Last, Author and Finisher of our faith. He has been there since the beginning and will be there at the end of our time. His prophecies are history written in advance. You can check the stars for guidance (astrology) or the seers who will interpret them for you (psychics, mediums, fortune tellers), but “Lord, I put my money, and my life, in the hands of the One who made those stars and created those people. I will not waste my time with ‘idol talk’ when I can go to The Source!”
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