MY DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Devotion for Thursday May 21, 2020
Topic: Please Be The Judge
Text: Isaiah 5: 1 – 7
Our
bible passage for today is an imagery God used to teach the nation of Israel
and by extension we the readers of today about our unfaithfulness despite the
enormous grace and mercies we have received from Him.
God
used the imagery of a vineyard at a very good place, fertile enough to produce
good fruits (Isaiah 5:1, 2). All that was needed to make the vineyard were
provided (Isaiah 5:2). Unfortunately and regrettably too, the vineyard produce
the opposite of what God expected. Instead of good grapes, it produced wild
grapes that were not useful.
The
lesson of the song of the vineyard shows that God’s chosen nation was to bear
fruit—to carry out his work, to uphold justice. It did bear the fruit, but the
fruit was bad. This passage uses plays on words: the Hebrew words for justice
and bloodshed sound very much alike, as do those for righteousness and
oppression. The hurt friend (God) now directs rhetorical questions to the
people of Judah, asking them to judge
whether He is guilty of neglecting them.
God
often condemns sinners “out of their own mouth” (Deuteronomy 32:6; 2 Samuel
12:1-6; Job 15:6; Luke 19:22; Romans 3:4). Jesus gave us insight on how to
identify someone by his or her fruit in Matthew 7:20. Have you examined your
own “fruit” lately? Is it good or bad, useful or wild? If what you found is the
opposite of what is expected, take action today. Amend your ways and begin to live
righteously. God bless you!
Food for Thought: Are the fruit mention in Galatians 5:22 and 23 the kind you bear
as a Christian.
Memory verse: Isaiah 5:3
Prayer:
Almighty God, as you have invested so much on me, help me to make return equal
to what you have invested in me in Jesus name.
