March 17, 2020 Baptist Church Seek Daily Devotional :- WOE TO CUNNING PEOPLE
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Tuesday, March 17
WOE TO CUNNING PEOPLE
Bible Text: Isaiah 5:18-24
RBT Passage: Judges 11-13
“Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight” – Isaiah 5:21 NIV
Going home from school one evening, my friend reached a place where someone stood by the road side aggressively luring people into playing a money game. The common name of the game is ‘This is right, that is wrong’. As young boys, we became curious and stopped to watch what was going on. The man had two kinds of cards on his desk. He said, this card is right, that card is wrong. If you pick the right card you will win money. A young man ventured into the game, and he lost his money. Through manipulation and cunningness, the wayfarer man duped a lot of people.
In the days of Prophet Isaiah, there were cunning people who manipulated others to enrich themselves. Isaiah was a friend of God; he loved what God loved and hated what God hated. This is why the prophet condemned those who defraud others. He said, ‘Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes’ (Isaiah 5:18, NIV). This statement refers to those who use lies to deceive people in order to rob them and enrich themselves.
God hates anyone who lies in order to enrich himself. Favour awaits those who turn away from lying and patiently follow the path of righteousness.
Insight: “Learn well how to think right and then be your own shepherd, otherwise you shall be the unlucky sheep of all sorts of cunning shepherds!’ ― Mehmet Murat Ildan
Prayer: I shall not be covetous and thereby fall victim of satanic antics.