Bible Brainwork
Bible Brainwork is where I share my thoughts daily about Bible passages and how they pertain to the modern Christian’s walk. The term brainwork is defined as mental activity or effort, and it is used to imply that I put much effort and thought into every blog post I put onto my site.
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Idols are a Waste of Time: Isaiah 44:12-14, 18
“The blacksmith takes a tool and works with it in the coals; he shapes an idol with hammers, he forges it with the might of his arm. He gets hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and grows faint. The carpenter measures with a line and makes an outline with a marker; he
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In Excess: Isaiah 43:24
“You have not bought any fragrant calamus for me, or lavished on me the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your offenses.” – Isaiah 43:24 NIV Calamus is used in some of the most precious perfumes. The meaning of lavished is to bestow in excess.
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Always Can Grow: Isaiah 41:14-16
“Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob, little Israel, do not fear, for I myself will help you,” declares the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. “See, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills
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Nothing Can Compare: Isaiah 40:17-19
“Before him all the nations are as nothing; they are regarded by him as worthless and less than nothing. With whom, then, will you compare God? To what image will you liken him? As for an idol, a metalworker casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.” –
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Don’t be Dumb: Isaiah 39:2-3 and Galatians 5:13
“Hezekiah received the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his storehouses—the silver, the gold, the spices, the fine olive oil—his entire armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them. Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah
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Evil Strategies: Isaiah 36:8, 10, 15, 17-18, 20; 37:11
““ ‘Come now, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them! Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this land without the Lord? The Lord himself told me to march against this country and destroy it.’ ” Do not let Hezekiah
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He Seeketh Reconciliation: Isaiah 35:5-6
“Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.” – Isaiah 35:5-6 NIV God will restore things that once were broken
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All Things Right: Isaiah 32:5
“No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected.” – Isaiah 32:5 NIV God makes all things straight and reveals all truth in the end. Anything that goes against truth ends up being exposed and revealed as such for the evil thing(s) that it is/are. Trust that God will make
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