Time for a Turn Around

Today’s Scripture Readings:
OT: Isaiah 38-39
NT: Acts 22
W&W: Proverbs 30

Today’s Reflection:

One of the saddest verses in the Bible is found in Isaiah 39.8. Hezekiah – the king of Judah – had just been told by Isaiah the prophet that the succeeding generations would be negatively impacted by poor decisions made by the king. Hezekiah’s response is appalling: “The word of the Lord you have spoken is good.” How could he say such a thing? Verse 8 goes on to explain: “For he thought, ‘there will be peace and security in my lifetime.’”

Oh Hezekiah! How could you be so insensitive? How could you be unaware of what the envoys from Babylon represented? How could you have so little concern for the needs of future generations?

From this story, I remember that “Babylon” is closer than we think. We must not take it lightly or trifle with it or entertain it in our hearts. “Babylon” may start out generous, concerned, friendly, and supportive, but it quickly becomes greedy, callused, cold, and controlling.

If Isaiah were alive today, he would say to citizens of our generation: Do not, O Generation, pass on to your descendants a legacy of:

• Immorality
• Ungodliness
• Consumerism
• Debt
• War
• Pollution
• Death
• Corruption
• Division

We must not trade our children’s well-being for our selfish comforts. Let us become a generation that turns the course of America around. Our children and grandchildren are depending on us.

This Week’s Scripture to Memorize:
1 John 1.7-8: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.