Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"Moulded images are wind and confusion"
Text: Isaiah 41:29
NO WISE COUNSEL
Many looked for counsel from idols who were supposed to be able to predict the future. There were fortune tellers who preyed on the gullible.
“For I looked, and there was no man;
I looked among them, but there was no counselor,
Who, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
Indeed they are all worthless;
Their works are nothing;
Their moulded images are wind and confusion.”
Isaiah 41:28-29
1. There were many who practised idolatry in ancient Israel.
a) Some were idol makers.
b) Some others kept shrines.
c) Many devotees sought idols for:
i) Fortunes
ii) Counsel
iii) Healing
2. Isaiah sought out those who could give.
a) Prophecies of the future.
b) Promises that would be fulfilled.
c) But search as he might
i) There was no counselor.
ii) There wasn’t one who could give an answer concerning the future.
iii) The idol makers were duping the masses.
3. The conclusion.
a) All the idol makers were worthless.
b) Their works were “nothing”.
c) The moulded images were just “wind and confusion”.