UPSIDE DOWN THINKING!

Thursday, August 22, 2019

UPSIDE DOWN THINKING!

Isa 29:15-16

15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

It has become expedient both in business and in politics to become “religious.” Talk of revival and renewal are peppered liberally with expletives and home grown theology. Dr. Albert Barnes thinks it might be to “accomplish some sinister and wicked purpose by it.” It seems obvious that Mr. Barnes is somewhat suspicious of the syrupy sweetness of some overtly religious people!

The danger of pretending to believe truths not truly held is “upside down” thinking. As we see in Isaiah 29:16 the clay becomes self animated and rises up in sarcastic rebellion against the Potter. The framed structure devises insurrection against the carpenter accusing Him of having flawed plans. The whole image resembles the upside down ship in the movie “The Poseidon Adventure.” You have to be careful not to trip over the chandeliers.

Isa 5:20

20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

“Efforts to attach the floor to the ceiling have met with some success but there is a noticeable sag.”

Dear Lord, give me the courage to live right side up. AMEN