Serve God, Not Man!

Isaiah 2:22

"Cease ye from man, whose breath is

in his nostrils: for wherein is he

to be accounted of?"

        Isaiah put it this way when he said, "Stop trusting in mere humans, who have but a breath in their nostrils. Why hold them in esteem?" It’s interesting how Isaiah chose to describe humans as those “who have but a breath in their nostrils.” Remember how man was first created back in Genesis? "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul" (Genesis 2:7).

        Human beings not only live dependent on the breath of their nostrils, but it is God who put and continues to place the breath there in the first place. This underscores the absurdity of serving man over God. All humanity has, and all that they are, is due to God. It makes far more sense to go straight to the source of all goodness and blessings.

        Yet, for many of us, pleasing others is a difficult habit to break. But consider the following: choosing to please people over God will make us miserable. We can never please them enough. Valuing the opinions of people over God’s can make us miss our life’s purpose since we might end up living a life someone else has chosen for us instead of what God has called us to do. Consider all we have to lose by striving to please others; then consider all we might gain by choosing to please God instead. Which will you choose?

        Amen!

Reading: (Is. 2:5-22)

Ref: (HG SB)

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry