Isaiah 10:1-19

And where will you leave your wealth?

What really “gets God’s goat” is our willingness to be abusive to others. After all, every person to whom we are unkind, thoughtless and uncaring…is a child of God. He doesn’t take kindly to our abuse of His property.

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We’re beginning to see what God’s complain really was. He said “Woe to those who enact evil statutes and to those who constantly record unjust decisions, so as to deprive the needy of justice and rob the poor of My people of their rights, so that widows may be their spoil and that they may plunder the orphans”.

God loves each of us with a profound jealousy. He will not tolerate any abuse by others. So, if we are ever in a position where we exercise authority over others…don’t forget…our authority must always be leavened with a loving concern for their welfare. In the case of Judah, God was angry with the leaders. They were depriving the needy and poor…for their own benefit.

And…if we choose to do likewise, God says “now what will you do in the day of punishment…to whom will you flee for help?” And…where will you leave your wealth?

It tells us something about human nature: we tend to be abusive when we decide there is something in it for us; fortune, power, acclaim. But, of course, nothing we accrue through our bad behavior will last. In fact…it is exactly that bad behavior that will bring God’s judgment.

I don’t think America is so far away from that kind of judgment. That judgment will include stripping us of all we have earned through nefarious means. And…if God decides to take it, there is no place to hide it.

I only suggest that we Christians should avoid getting caught up in it. We should be busy exercising the same kind of care and compassion that God has exercised toward us.

Live boldly out there today…