![]() ![]() He said, “I am sick of your burnt offerings” (Isaiah 1:11), and “When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look” (Isaiah 1:15). ![]() They’d been living as a nation of spiritual renegades (Isaiah 1:4) even as they continued to observe their religious ceremonies. God called the people of Israel to “sanitize” themselves. I didn’t stop until the phone was spotless. Horrified, I set to work spraying, scrubbing, and disinfecting. It slid straight to the bottom, and when I pulled it out, it was covered with some kind of disgusting mystery goo. I accidentally dropped my cell phone into the garbage can. Wash yourselves and be clean! (Isa 1:16). Live so that others know whom you belong to I am Yours, Lord, yet teach me all it means, Take a lesson from the animals and remember your Owner and Provider. They had been bought with a price and were to honor God in all they said and did (1Cor 6:19-20). Hundreds of years after Isaiah, the apostle Paul reminded the Corinthian Christians that they were not their own. God’s people, however, often aren’t smart enough to remember their Owner. These animals know who takes care of them. He noted that an ox knows its owner, and a donkey knows where its food comes from (Isaiah 1:3). And in Japan, 20 small quakes within a few months were accurately forecast because observers noted that catfish swam frantically, as if chased by sharks.įrom the prophet Isaiah we learn that observing animals can even teach us how to prevent a ruined life (Isa 1:2-9). They were alerted to the disaster by cattle that mooed more than usual and chickens that refused to roost. In northeastern China, officials were able to warn and evacuate people from high-risk areas hours before a killer earthquake struck. Because of their alertness to natural phenomena, they have at times helped us to avoid disaster. Isaiah 1:3Īnimals sometimes seem to have more sense than people. The ox knows its owner … but Israel does not know, My people do not consider. Our Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI.These devotionals make excellent sermon illustrations. Devotionals from Moody Bible Institute's Today in the Word - Isaiah 45-66īelow is a compilation of more than 300 "Our Daily Bread" Devotionals arranged by chapter.Devotionals from Moody Bible Institute's Today in the Word - Isaiah 1 - 44. ![]()
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