Isaiah 65:10-11 Sharon will be a pasture land for flocks, And the valley of Achor a resting place for herds, For My people who seek Me. “But you who forsake the LORD, Who forget My holy mountain, Who set a table for Fortune, And who fill cups with mixed wine for Destiny…"
For those who love the Lord and His ways it is a creepy thought to imagine people setting a table of food and drink for a false god who will neither sit at their idolatrous table, nor partake of its food and drink.
It sort of reminds me of parents setting out cookies and drink for another false god who will neither come nor consume. Of course, the lies will continue… And those who believe the lies will continue to be led astray from the truth…
Isaiah 65:12 I will destine you for the sword, And all of you will bow down to the slaughter. Because I called, but you did not answer; I spoke, but you did not hear. And you did evil in My sight And chose that in which I did not delight.
Isaiah 65 concerns the nation of Israel in the not so distant future. Those who do not repent and turn to their God will be judged, but those who turn to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and leave their evil deeds behind will be blessed beyond imagination! The rest of the chapter bears this out.
What about the church? Well, while unbelievers can certainly set out all the cookies and milk they want, believers need to examine what this act does to God’s Glory. In fact, believers had better examine what they do in all things “Christmas”…
Why? Because someday, someday very soon, our God and King, Jesus, will gather us to be with Him forever. And when He does, we will give an account for every single thing we have done—every single thing. I don’t want to be ashamed then…
2 Corinthians 5:6-10 Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord — for we walk by faith, not by sight — we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
To not follow the Lord is not to stand still—to not follow the Lord is to follow a false god…
