O. Addison Gethers
e-mail address [email protected] [email protected] twitter URL http//:twitter.com/OAddisonGethers Messenger contact window live/msn messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS rs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 6:51 AM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Tuesday August 4 > Day 216 > > Isaiah 46-48 (The Message) > > Isaiah 46 > This Is Serious Business, Rebels > 1-2 The god Bel falls down, god Nebo slumps. The no-god hunks of wood are > loaded on mules > And have to be hauled off, > wearing out the poor mules- > Dead weight, burdens who can't bear burdens, > hauled off to captivity. > 3-4"Listen to me, family of Jacob, > everyone that's left of the family of Israel. > I've been carrying you on my back > from the day you were born, > And I'll keep on carrying you when you're old. > I'll be there, bearing you when you're old and gray. > I've done it and will keep on doing it, > carrying you on my back, saving you. > > 5-7"So to whom will you compare me, the Incomparable? > Can you picture me without reducing me? > People with a lot of money > hire craftsmen to make them gods. > The artisan delivers the god, > and they kneel and worship it! > They carry it around in holy parades, > then take it home and put it on a shelf. > And there it sits, day in and day out, > a dependable god, always right where you put it. > Say anything you want to it, it never talks back. > Of course, it never does anything either! > > 8-11"Think about this. Wrap your minds around it. > This is serious business, rebels. Take it to heart. > Remember your history, > your long and rich history. > I am God, the only God you've had or ever will have- > incomparable, irreplaceable- > From the very beginning > telling you what the ending will be, > All along letting you in > on what is going to happen, > Assuring you, 'I'm in this for the long haul, > I'll do exactly what I set out to do,' > Calling that eagle, Cyrus, out of the east, > from a far country the man I chose to help me. > I've said it, and I'll most certainly do it. > I've planned it, so it's as good as done. > > 12-13"Now listen to me: > You're a hardheaded bunch and hard to help. > I'm ready to help you right now. > Deliverance is not a long-range plan. > Salvation isn't on hold. > I'm putting salvation to work in Zion now, > and glory in Israel." > > Isaiah 47 > The Party's Over > 1-3 "Get off your high horse and sit in the dirt, virgin daughter of > Babylon. > No more throne for you-sit on the ground, > daughter of the Chaldeans. > Nobody will be calling you 'charming' > and 'alluring' anymore. Get used to it. > Get a job, any old job: > Clean gutters, scrub toilets. > Hock your gowns and scarves, > put on overalls-the party's over. > Your nude body will be on public display, > exposed to vulgar taunts. > It's vengeance time, and I'm taking vengeance. > No one gets let off the hook." > You're Acting Like the Center of the Universe > 4-13Our Redeemer speaks, > named God-of-the-Angel-Armies, The Holy of Israel: > "Shut up and get out of the way, > daughter of Chaldeans. > You'll no longer be called > 'First Lady of the Kingdoms.' > I was fed up with my people, > thoroughly disgusted with my progeny. > I turned them over to you, > but you had no compassion. > You put old men and women > to cruel, hard labor. > You said, 'I'm the First Lady. > I'll always be the pampered darling.' > You took nothing seriously, took nothing to heart, > never gave tomorrow a thought. > Well, start thinking, playgirl. > You're acting like the center of the universe, > Smugly saying to yourself, 'I'm Number One. There's nobody but me. > I'll never be a widow, I'll never lose my children.' > Those two things are going to hit you both at once, > suddenly, on the same day: > Spouse and children gone, a total loss, > despite your many enchantments and charms. > You were so confident and comfortable in your evil life, > saying, 'No one sees me.' > You thought you knew so much, had everything figured out. > What delusion! > Smugly telling yourself, 'I'm Number One. There's nobody but me.' > Ruin descends- > you can't charm it away. > Disaster strikes- > you can't cast it off with spells. > Catastrophe, sudden and total- > and you're totally at sea, totally bewildered! > But don't give up. From your great repertoire > of enchantments there must be one you haven't yet tried. > You've been at this a long time. > Surely something will work. > I know you're exhausted trying out remedies, > but don't give up. > Call in the astrologers and stargazers. > They're good at this. Surely they can work up something! > 14-15"Fat chance. You'd be grasping at straws > that are already in the fire, > A fire that is even now raging. > Your 'experts' are in it and won't get out. > It's not a fire for cooking venison stew, > not a fire to warm you on a winter night! > That's the fate of your friends in sorcery, your magician buddies > you've been in cahoots with all your life. > They reel, confused, bumping into one another. > None of them bother to help you." > > Isaiah 48 > Tested in the Furnace of Affliction > 1-11 "And now listen to this, family of Jacob, > you who are called by the name Israel: > Who got you started in the loins of Judah, > you who use God's name to back up your promises > and pray to the God of Israel? > But do you mean it? > Do you live like it? > You claim to be citizens of the Holy City; > you act as though you lean on the God of Israel, > named God-of-the-Angel-Armies. > For a long time now, I've let you in on the way I work: > I told you what I was going to do beforehand, > then I did it and it was done, and that's that. > I know you're a bunch of hardheads, > obstinate and flint-faced, > So I got a running start and began telling you > what was going on before it even happened. > That is why you can't say, > 'My god-idol did this.' > 'My favorite god-carving commanded this.' > You have all this evidence > confirmed by your own eyes and ears. > Shouldn't you be talking about it? > And that was just the beginning. > I have a lot more to tell you, > things you never knew existed. > This isn't a variation on the same old thing. > This is new, brand-new, > something you'd never guess or dream up. > When you hear this you won't be able to say, > 'I knew that all along.' > You've never been good listeners to me. > You have a history of ignoring me, > A sorry track record of fickle attachments- > rebels from the womb. > But out of the sheer goodness of my heart, > because of who I am, > I keep a tight rein on my anger and hold my temper. > I don't wash my hands of you. > Do you see what I've done? > I've refined you, but not without fire. > I've tested you like silver in the furnace of affliction. > Out of myself, simply because of who I am, I do what I do. > I have my reputation to keep up. > I'm not playing second fiddle to either gods or people. > 12-13"Listen, Jacob. Listen, Israel- > I'm the One who named you! > I'm the One. > I got things started and, yes, I'll wrap them up. > Earth is my work, handmade. > And the skies-I made them, too, horizon to horizon. > When I speak, they're on their feet, at attention. > > 14-16"Come everybody, gather around, listen: > Who among the gods has delivered the news? > I, God, love this man Cyrus, and I'm using him > to do what I want with Babylon. > I, yes I, have spoken. I've called him. > I've brought him here. He'll be successful. > Come close, listen carefully: > I've never kept secrets from you. > I've always been present with you." > > Your Progeny, Like Grains of Sand > 16-19And now, the Master, God, sends me and his Spirit > with this Message from God, > your Redeemer, The Holy of Israel: > "I am God, your God, > who teaches you how to live right and well. > I show you what to do, where to go. > If you had listened all along to what I told you, > your life would have flowed full like a river, > blessings rolling in like waves from the sea. > Children and grandchildren are like sand, > your progeny like grains of sand. > There would be no end of them, > no danger of losing touch with me." > 20Get out of Babylon! Run from the Babylonians! > Shout the news. Broadcast it. > Let the world know, the whole world. > Tell them, "God redeemed his dear servant Jacob!" > > 21They weren't thirsty when he led them through the deserts. > He made water pour out of the rock; > he split the rock and the water gushed. > > 22"There is no peace," says God, "for the wicked." > > > > > > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. 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