Upon one of my recent trips to the local Target here in the bustling metropolis that is Mechanicsville, I observed a most curious sight. As I walked toward the front of the store from the parking lot, I noticed two families. One was entering the store, and the other was exiting store at precisely the same time. What's so unusual about that? Nothing at all...except for this: The family entering the store was walking through the doors clearly labeled "EXIT," and the family leaving the store was walking through the doors clearly labeled "ENTER."
I had to chuckle at this sight. Maybe it's just the mind of a preacher, but the statement made by the Lord to his people in the book of Isaiah immediately came to mind:
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
Isaiah 5:20, ESV
Now, please do not misunderstand my point here. I am not suggesting these families have subjected themselves to the wrath of God for entering and exiting through the proper doors (though they may have to answer to Target's red-clad security team). My point here is that this scene was a visual representation of what God describes here in the message of the prophet Isaiah.
When the murder of precious unborn boys and girls is lauded as "freedom" or as "a woman's right to choose," that is the very essence of calling evil good.
When teenagers are given contraceptives by their schools (or even their parents, for that matter), this is the epitome of putting darkness for light.
When judges who were appointed to uphold laws and morality deem marriage between persons of the same sex to be wholesome and legal, this is very much a case of putting bitter for sweet.
Do yourself a favor and read through the rest of the fifth chapter of Isaiah and notice how the Lord regards such blatant disregard for His law. It's rather obvious at this point that the laws of this once great nation are being chiseled away little by little by our lawmakers and judges. God's laws, however, have been "firmly fixed in the heavens" (Psalm 119:89). What God has ordained as law will always remain law.
May we never be guilty of calling "evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!"
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