17 JAN 23 Tuesday: A Closer Walk Devotional
“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.” Isaiah 44:9
Both the Isaiah and the Ephesians passage, God gives us insight into the mind of people that are not believers. All of us were in a state of confusion, full of darkness, and our minds closed to God. Funny that today our opponents and the enemies of God, tell us that we are closed or narrow minded toward their views. They project their self-righteous virtues in order to cast themselves as good.
God explains that they are spiritually dead to God and blind to his way of life. They don’t even realize that their prized objects of worship are worthless. They are self deceived and ignorant to the things of God. Today we look to education as an end to various social problems. It is now worshiped and so are the people who dispense it. They count themselves wise, when in fact God calls them fools.
God tells us not to buy into their ways because they are wicked and offensive to him. We were chosen to be his people and to live to glorify him, not ourselves or others. Renew your mind and attitudes with the Spirit. Put on the new nature given to you so that God can make you into the person you were made to be.
Are you living in your old nature or the new?
Reading Plan: Psalm 26, 28; Isa. 44:9-20; Eph. 4:17-32; Mark 3:19b-35
Daily Office Year 1
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