What Daily Devotion Mean to You?

Daily Devotion mean every day with Christ. Don't relent on starting your day without reading from the Word of God. Through reading the Word, God can administer to us in one verse and that will strengthen our day.

So, it is a good to read Scripture early in the morning before going out for our daily routine. Keep visiting our daily posts in Daily Devotion as we journey to eternity together.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2022

TEXT: Isaiah 41:14-29

14. Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you insect Israel! I will help you, says the Lord; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

15. Now, I will make of you a threshing sledge, sharp, new, and having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and crush them, and you shall make the hills like chaff.

16. You shall winnow them and the wind shall carry them away, and the tempest shall scatter them. Then you shall rejoice in the Lord; in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.

17. When the poor and the needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

18. I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

19. I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive; I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane and the pine together,

20. so that all may see and know, all may consider and understand, that the hand of the Lord has done this, the Holy One of Israel has created it.

21. Set forth your case, says the Lord; bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.

22. Let them bring them, and tell us what is to happen. Tell us the former things, what they are, so that we may consider them, and that we may know their outcome; or declare to us the things to come.

23. Tell us what is to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods; do good, or do harm, that we may be afraid and terrified.

24. You, indeed, are nothing and your work is nothing at all; whoever chooses you is an abomination.

25. I stirred up one from the north, and he has come, from the rising of the sun he was summoned by name. He shall trample on rulers as on mortar, as the potter treads clay.

26. Who declared it from the beginning, so that we might know, and beforehand, so that we might say, “He is right”? There was no one who declared it, none who proclaimed, none who heard your words.

27. I first have declared it to Zion, and I give to Jerusalem a herald of good tidings.

28. But when I look there is no one; among these there is no counselor who, when I ask, gives an answer.

29. No, they are all a delusion; their works are nothing; their images are empty wind.

(New Revised Standard Version Holy Bible)

TOPIC: IDOLS ARE WORTHLESS

The word ‘worthless’ as an adjective showing something that has no worth or use. In fact, it is something without value and inconsequential.

Today’s passage reveals to us that Israel found herself in adversity. She was surrounded by nations whose gods were assumed to have special powers but were not strong enough to help Israel.

The Almighty God reminded the Israelites not to be afraid even though they are ‘weak’ ‘O worm Jacob’, ‘O little Israel’ (v. 14a) for He would help them. God helped them conquer their enemies and to be invincible (vs. 15-16).

In vs. 21-27, God assured the Israelites of His power by asking the surrounding nations to bring their idols to tell the future and the present just as Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal (cf. 1 Kings 18:21-38). The Lord is ever ready to make predictions and take action to fulfill His word. Idols are worthless, they are as wind and confused (vs. 28-29).

QUESTION: Do you know that idols are worthless, powerless and cannot give victory and that only God Almighty can give victory and joy if you trust Him?

PRAYER: O Lord, help me to trust You alone, no matter the situation for idols are worthless. Keep me focused on You, in Christ’s name, Amen.