“To whom will you liken me and make me equal, that we may be alike”
Isiah 46:5
If you know me or spend any time with me, you know how much I love my children and my wife. Wendy is my best friend in the world and my kids are the definition of happiness to me. I cherish my time with them and there is no other people in life that I would rather spend time with than my family. At the same time if I don’t watch it, my family quickly becomes an idol and my desires and passions are driven by my home vs my creator. Wendy and my children can and have been my first loves and highest priority many times. I often have to ask for forgiveness for putting my family ahead of Christ. Forgiveness for forgetting who exactly Christ is in my life. Who He was, is, and continues to be.
We have all been asked the question at some point, “What is most important in your life”. Most answer correctly with the response of, “well of course Jesus in number one”, then we go down the list of all the things of this world that bring us happiness. Truth is, I would say that the response of Jesus being number one is and should be correct, but probably not for most. For most, Jesus is a 7-8 on our list of what’s most important at best. We easily place children, hobbies, marriage, careers, school, or what ever else brings you momentary pleasure, but lie to ourselves that Christ is first. If you want to dig into what the answer is concerning what is first in your life, answer this: Where does your mind and heart lean to, Where does your gifts get poured in to, Where does your time and money go, Where does your knowledge rest, and Where do your passions gravitate towards?
Truthfully, most of us would say that, “my heart leans towards my family, my gifts are poured into my career and advancement, my time and money towards material processions, my knowledge rest on my hobbies such as sports or fashion, and my passions gravitate towards ourselves.” Simple questions of how a person spends there time, money, and where their gifts and passions are used will answer what is most important in their life.
In Isiah 46:5, God makes a simple but very direct observation, “Tell me who else is like me in your life?” God asks, “Tell me who is like me, who forgives as I forgive and who loves like I love?”
“Tell me who else is like me in your life?” God asks, “Tell me who is like me, who forgives as I forgive and who loves like I love?”
God is not asking the question in Isiah out of His confusion to what the answer is, but more to His desire for His children to answer the question for themselves. “Who in your life is like me?”
My prayer for myself and all of you is to see Jesus for exactly who Jesus is, our loving and perfect father. A father who created, forgave, died for, and continues to love us type father. A father who is like no other. A father who is greater than baseball or football, Huntingdon pride, clothes, houses or cars, and even children. That we repent of worshiping things in our lives that are gifts, but never meant to be worshiped. The gift always points back to the one who gave it, and that is our Father.
Blessings,
