I will make myself like the Most High. —Isaiah 14:14 The atheist, in his arrogant statements that God does not exist, seeks to put himself in the place of God while knowing that he does not know all things as God does. His limited knowledge makes him prideful and his arguments for no God are superficial. Others have their “own way” and rebel against God. These people also seek to put themselves in God’s place by wanting to rule their own lives. Apparently they think they know what is better for them than God does. “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and…

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. —Isaiah 9:2 Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this. —Isaiah 9:7 It was completely dark, so dark you could not see your hand place right in front of your face. The flashlights had been turned off as we sat in a…

But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. —Micah 7:7 He talked about his wife being in the hospital. She had been there for quite some time after cancer surgery. The hope was that she would be home soon. It was a very difficult situation. He cast his line into the water as he continued to talk. “I just retired not long ago. This has been very hard.” Who do people look to when they go through difficult situations? The doctors? Counselors? Friends? Themselves? How do people get through trying times? Do they just…

If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all. —Isaiah 7:9 They loved the view from their new home which was built on the slope near the top of a mountain. “Oh, this is much better than our friend’s home down in the valley. Besides, they had to spend more money than they anticipated when they hit rock,” the husband said. Unfortunately, during a day of very heavy rain, the slope dwellers came home to see their house sliding down the slope and destroyed. The foundation of their house had no solid footing while their friend’s was anchored in the rock and stood firm. Is…

And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” —Isaiah 6:8 They say in the military that you never volunteer. I have heard people say this about the workplace as well. You may have heard it said about the commander who was looking for a volunteer from a line of men. Everybody but one man stepped backwards one step and the man left out front appeared to have stepped forward. He was thanked for volunteering before he knew what happened. People have said that the church is a group of volunteers and…

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight! Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, and valiant men in mixing strong drink, who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right! —Isaiah 5:20-23 They say sex outside marriage is good, that living together is good, that divorce is good, that homosexual marriage is good, that taking money from some and giving it to others not willing to…

…their words and deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence. The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves. —Isaiah 3:8-9 What used to be shameful and perverse is being accepted as normal today. It is not a big deal for people to be living together before marriage or a woman to have a child out of wedlock. Filthy language is common in public places and homosexual behavior raises few eyebrows. Perverseness is literally is on parade in our culture. According to the verse above this is nothing new,…