Who IS MY FAVORITE??????

 

My Grandkids and my daughters have joked about WHO'S my FAVORITE! I remember the same thing happening as a teacher. Students definitely talk about who their favorite teachers were. Being a Math teacher  often precluded someone saying I was their favorite. Very few people like MATH and therefore the bearer of BAD NEWS is ofen NOT the favorite. LOL! In all honesty, I did have favorites. As a professional I held them to the same or maybe even a higher standard than the rest. Most of the time they became my favorite students because they DID what I asked of them and even more! That is not necessarily true of GRANDKIDS AND DAUGHTERS. I love them all equally and I can't show them enough love, even when and if I disagree with them. DOES GOD HAVE FAVORITES?

Isaiah 24 is not a fun chapter. It starts off talking about the destruction of the earth. NOT a great opening. 

"Look! The Lord is about to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland. He devastates the surface of the earth and scatters the people. Priests and lay people, servants and masters, maids and mistresses, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, bankers and debtors -- none will be spared. The earth will be completely empited and looted. The Lord has spoken! The earth mourns and dries up, and the land wastes away and withers. Even the greatest people on earth waste away. The earth suffers  fro the sins of its people, for they have twisted God's instructions, violated his laws, and broken his everlasting covenant." (Isaiah 24:1-5, NLT)

That is pretty harsh JUDGMENT. And God's judgment shows NO FAVORITES. The list tells it all. We have all fallen, even the GREATS have fallen. The earth suffers from our sin and how we twist God's instructions and violate even the most basic of laws. WE ARE ALL GUILTY!

BUT........

God sent his SON to save us! Hallelujah!

I am greatly saddened that people don't see the pending destruction and the full judgment of the Lord that is on the horizon. 

"Throughout the earth the story is the same -- only a remnant is left, like the stray olives left on the tree or the few grapes left on the vine after harvest. But all who are left shout and sing for joy. Those in the west praise the Lord's majesty. In eastern lands, give glory to the Lord. In the lands beyond the sea, paise the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. We hear songs of praise from the ends of the earth, songs that give glory to the Righteous One! But my heart is heavy with grief. Weep for me, for I wither away." (Isaiah 24:14-16, NLT)

I want to grow the remnant. I want to see more and more grapes on the vine. I want the chorus of those who call on the name of the LORD to grow before the day of destruction. Like the Lord I want NO ONE TO PERISH. Please! JUDGMENT is coming. The only path to safety is JESUS CHRIST. Please come to know him like I do and then you will be promised a place in GLORY praising his name! GOD LOVES US ALL, but he will not force YOU TO CHOOSE HIM. Those who choose him will live with him in eternity. THOSE WHO DON'T will NOT! Does GOD have favorites?

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"because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved." (Romans 10:9-10, ESV)

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