PLEASE READ THIS FIRST: Isaiah 47-48

What do you sense the Lord saying to you in this passage?

“Your wisdom misleads you when you say, ‘I am, there is none besides me.’ (Isaiah 47:10)
Babylon, under king Cyrus, had conquered many nations, including Israel.
Isaiah credits God for Cyrus’s success (Isaiah 45:1-7).
But Cyrus and his people let success go to their heads; they become boastful.
This same arrogance is evident today, with all our advances and successes.
The dominant theme in modern thinking is that we are masters of our own fate.
We’ve graduated from homemade idols, we now see ourselves as gods.
And the world is a much better place as a result… NOT!
Some people blame God and religion, but the religions are all different.
The common denominator in all religions is humans; we are the problem!
Our wisdom and knowledge are misleading us, we cannot make or save ourselves.
As Jesus followers, we have recognized our inability and sinful nature.
We admit all that is wrong in the world, and us, and look to God for help.
We see in Jesus God’s rightness, and we join with him in seeking that first!
He is our best hope for freedom, justice, success – for us and for the world!
PRAYER
Lord, we cannot find the truth unless we first admit the lies. We are not God, we cannot make or save ourselves.