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Sunday, January 10, 2016

Deluded Hearts and Minds!

Reading:  Isaiah 44
My Verse:  "He feeds on ashes; 
                      a deluded heart has led him astray, 
                      and he cannot deliver himself or say, 
                   "Is there not a lie in my right hand?" (Isaiah 44:20)

This is such a tragic verse!  Oh, LORD God, too many are here - too many live with deluded hearts and minds, unable to rescue themselves from the lie they live.

The previous passage to this verse describes the whole process a man goes through to end up in this deluded state.  The process that brings one; to worshipping idols, to a life dominated by some created thing, to a life with a reality that is progressively more and more warped - deluded.

Oh, LORD God, You keep reminding us of Who You are.

"I am the first and I am the last;
     besides me there is no other god" (Isaiah 43:6).

"Is there a God besides me?
      there is no Rock;  I know not any"  (Isaiah 43:8).

"I am the LORD, who made all things,
   Who alone stretched out the heavens,
   Who spread out the earth by Myself"  (Isaiah 44:24).

This is the most wonderful and freeing truth a man can know!  This is the truth that frees us from the bondages that the enemy seeks to keep us in!  We can be cleansed and forgiven.

"I, I Am He
     Who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,
     and I will not remember your sins" (Isaiah 43:25).

Sin is a delusion and a lie.  Bondage to sin is a delusion and a lie.  You, LORD God can and will free those who cry out to You and ask forgiveness. (Romans 10:9-13)  Then we can be free and rejoice!

What a most wonderful thing that You do for us LORD God!

"I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud 
     and your sins like a mist"  (Isaiah 44:22).

"As far as the east is from the west,
     so far has He removed our transgressions from us"  (Psalm 103:12).

This is what we all want forgiveness and that resulting joy and relief.

"Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done it;
     shout, O depths of the earth;
break forth into singing, O mountains,
     O forest, and every tree in it!"   (Isaiah 44:23).

Even the angels rejoice when we repent.

"In the same way,  I tell you, 
   there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents" (Luke 15:10).

Thank You, LORD God for this wonderful truth.  We do not need to live with deluded hearts and minds!

Ditat Deus - God Enriches!


    

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