devotion of the day

16th oct
Isaiah 47: “ the fall of Babylon ”

“The virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of Babylonians. No more will you be called delicate and tender.” Babylon will soon fall down, as disasters and calamities fall upon them. Because they have trusted the evil one, their “nakedness will be exposed and your shame uncovered.”

God says that they have relied on spells and sorceries to fight for power, so that they will continue forever—the eternal queen. But the lord says not anymore, because he has caused disasters and calamities to fall upon them, so that no matter how much they struggle, how much they retaliate, that they will not be able to defend themselves from the wrath of the lord.

The lord has been angry with the Israelites, and has handed them into the hands of the daughter of Babylon, however she has showed them no mercy. Even on the aged and needy, you laid a very heavy yoke on them, disabling and preventing them from enjoying their lives. These people lived in constant terror and suffering. God is angry as the queen did not do what he had ordered her to do.

“You have trusted in your wickedness and have said NO ONE SEES ME.” “your wisdom and knowledge has mislead you when you say to yourself ‘I am, and there is none besides you.” the queen of Babylon thought that the only way to survive is to use scheme and plots to achieve what she wanted. She used very extreme wicked means, she looked for sorceries and relied on all the potent spells, the astrologers for the study of the stars and future and the fortune-tellers to help her with the management of the whole nation. BUT, she knew, this was not the right way to get what she wants, she has disobeyed the lord and the lord is very displeased with her.

I am forcibly reminded of the show that I’ve just watched—goong. .haha..MY BLOGSKIN..kkaes..anyways. . .

When I read this passage, it reminded me of the Politics in the palace, where 2 brothers are fighting over the heir to the throne. Countess (what’s her name.. xi mi tai chi.?) and prince yi cheng jun wanted to regain their status in the palace and wanted to get back what they have lost originally, they used many underhand methods and means to achieve what they wanted. YES, they were fighting for a right reason, it can be justified for their actions, but is what they are doing right.?..is it against their conscience, what they are fighting for, the fame, the status or merely because they did not want to be despised and look down because they have LOST all they have initially had.

But what is REAL in the show is that, in life, we’re often like the countess and LI YUL.. .OK..i have to admit even thO he’s super shUAI..what he’s doing in the show is SO NOT right. . .kkaes. .we often neglect the shaking conscience that we are doing the wrong thing, we try to give us various excuses and tries to justify ourselves with the sinful and not-so-right things that we do.

BUT that’s totally not right at ALL>

And we know that. . .but its obviously human nature for people to do the way they think its right. . .



BUT IT”S NOT right.. .we’ve gotta do the GODly way..the way God wants us to DO!


Let’s walk right with the lord and give up on all OWN Pleasures and satisfaction. Die to your self and take up your cross daily.