I started reading through the book of Isaiah last week. It’s not my first trip through the book, but I always get something new out of Scripture every time I read it. That probably has to do with what’s going on in my life at the time, what the Spirit is showing me each time, and what I’m paying attention to that I missed last time.
Today’s passage struck me like a 2×4 upside the head…
What sorrow for those who get up early in the morning looking for a drink of alcohol and spend long evenings drinking wine to make themselves flaming drunk.
They furnish wine and lovely music at their grand parties—lyre and harp, tambourine and flute—but they never think about the Lord or notice what He is doing.
There’s a clear message here for many in our culture who are too focused on drinking and are always looking for the next big party…but that’s not what caught my attention. It’s the last line of the second verse that the Spirit highlighted for me today: “…they never even think about the Lord or notice what He is doing.” OUCH!
Guilty.
How many times have I been too busy looking for {INSERT ITEM HERE} and missed what God was doing…didn’t even give Him a second thought. I’m too busy on my own stuff. God takes a back seat. I don’t think about Him. I don’t notice what He’s doing.
I don’t do it as often as I used to, but it still happens. Of course, it shouldn’t. Something to keep working on. Keep focused on Him. Think about Him often. Notice what He’s doing. In me. With me. Through me. He’s always up to something and it’s always good.
Thanks