Isaiah 47-48; I Corinthians 11

Isaiah 47: O.K. so I missed yesterday. I could have done it, but I simply decided I was to tired after spending the night hanging out with Jimmie. Not a bad use of time (we had some good God talks) but that doesn’t excuse me skipping devos. The Lord is talking about how He will humble Babylon. He talks about how he turned Israel over to them, and instead of being good masters they we’re bad to them.

Isaiah 48: So, from the previous chapter we know that God is mad at Israel’s chapters. Unfortunately He’s still frustrated with Israel. He admonishes that for “invoke[ing] the God of Israel, but not in truth nor in righteousness.” I wonder if this is my problem. I often Invoke God’s name, but do I do it in righteousness and truth? Good question. I should watch that. He is upset at them for blaming His works on their own doing, and their Idols. God refuses to give His glory to anyone else, so He says he will have His day.

I Corinthians 11: O.K. so this starts out with the whole man vs. woman thing. I think people take this out of context. Men don’t cover their head vs. Women do. This is a cultural thing that would be people sending a certain message. Verse eleven and twelve are the key, “However, in the Lord, neither is woman independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. For as the woman originates from the man, so also the man has his berth through the woman; and all things originate from God. Here’s my take; In the spiritual realm men and women are equal before God. In the home, they both serve each other, but the man in the leader. The key to that statement is the word leader. In this context the word “leader” means a lot, and has a lot of limitations on it. Leader doesn’t mean boss, master, always in charge. Instead it means he should humbly lead by example.