Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Monday, January 5, 2015

QT 5 Jan 15, Isa 29:13-14, Religion is spiritual fool's gold

Isa 29:13-14 (ESV) And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,14 therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder upon wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden."


NOTE: When God says that he will do wonderful things with this people, it is not what we would classify as wonderful. The result will be wonderful--a renewed and right relationship with God as opposed to a religious relationship (rules taught by men). God sees things differently than we see them. His idea of wonderful is a right relationship with him. Our idea of wonderful is life going the way we want, such that we are happy (or at least think we are happy). True happiness, more properly expressed biblically as peace and joy, are only found in a right relationship with our creator. All else is fool's gold., that is, we think we have found what will make us happy, but it falls far short of what God would have us experience.
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