Making ourselves God

The lie that Satan said in the garden of Eden thousands of years ago is the same lie he tells us today.  “You will be like God.”

And throughout history, men (and women) have tried to make themselves god in their own lives.  They live their own way, placing themselves on the throne of their lives, instead of letting God have the throne.

Babylon and its rulers were just one of many that have made themselves god in their lives.  And Isaiah rebukes them saying,

You said, “I will continue forever — the eternal queen.”…

Now then, listen, you wanton creature, lounging in your security and saying to yourself, “I am, and there is none besides me.”…

Your wisdom and knowledge mislead you when you say to yourself, “I am, and there is none beside me.”  (Isaiah 47:7, 8, 10)

Here you see Babylon taking what God says of himself and applying it to themselves:  “I am.  I am the eternal one.  I am the only God and there is none besides me.”

But Isaiah lets them know in no uncertain terms that they are not God and that judgment will come for all the evil they had done.  And nothing, not their wisdom nor their power could save them.

How often do we live as the Babylonians did?  Lounging in our own secure little world.  Living as if we are God, doing things our own way and feeling that we are safe. 

We think that no one can see the evil that we do and never reflect on what will happen if we continue in our sin.

If we continue to live that way, we will fall as the Babylonians did.  Naked and ashamed before God. 

Disaster, whether its in our relationships, finances, or whatever other shape it takes, will come into our lives and we won’t be able to save ourselves.

So, let us put aside our pride, take ourselves off the throne, and put God back on it.  There’s only one God, and we aren’t him.