Isaiah 2:17-22

¹⁷ And the haughtiness of Adam will be humbled, and the pride of humanity will be brought low, and Yahveh alone will be exalted on that day. ¹⁸ And the idols will pass away entirely, ¹⁹ and they will enter into caves of rocks and into holes in dirt from the presence of the terror of Yahveh and from the glory of his greatness as he rises to terrify the land. ²⁰ On that day Adam will throw away his idols of silver and its idols of gold, which they made for him to worship, to the rats and to the bats—²¹ to enter into the crevices of the rocks and into the clefts of the crags from the presence of the terror of Yahveh and from the glory of his greatness as he rises to terrify the land. ²² Stop following Adam, who is only the breath in his nose. What good is he?

ultra-light packs

The more that Penny and I venture out into the wilderness trails, the lighter our packs get. It takes a lot of effort to lug a backpack full of stuff up and down mountains and valleys. So, we have started making tough decisions about what we bring with us. Some of the things we once felt were essential to life are now being left behind. The weight is just not worth it.

Isaiah was trying to get his people to pack for a new day. They had to throw away those things that were part of their Adam existence, but were essentially worthless for the trip into eternity. Idols were top on his leave behind list.

Most of us are not into idol worship today, at least not the statue kind. But we all know that there are some life essentials that we cling to which are not really getting us any closer to God. Time to repack.

LORD, give us the courage to give up those things which are weighting down our packs.