He is God - There is no Other - Isaiah 45-50

How long does it take to read Isaiah 45-50? Maybe 20 minutes, 25 if you are a slow reader and stop to day-dream. I would assume if you have never read Isaiah it is "rough" reading. But, as you digest it the reading of these six chapters may be the most well spent 20-25 minutes you have ever had with God. Isaiah 45-46 in particular are worth reading multiple times. In chapter 45 we have the description and breakdown of the God of the universe. God is to be glorified and to be praise - He is God and THERE IS NO OTHER!! Then, in chapter 46, we see the god of Babylon, who is made out of gold or stone and carried on the shoulders of men. Babylon's god, in contrast the THE ONLY TRUE GOD, is set in a place and never moves. The God of Israel is creating and moving; the god of Babylon is created and stationary. The rest of the chapters in this section simply unfold the truths found in 45 and 46. Israel had turned to the created and stationary god rather that the creating and moving God. As a result God would bring judgement on those who created the stationary god by moving in the midst of Babylon and bringing it to judgment. God can use the wicked and stationary god's believers (45:1 compared to 44:28), but it is only God who can do the moving. We need to realize that God is a very jealous God - He will not allow others to have glory due His name (48:11). When we use our time, treasure and talent as worship tools to ourselves or our hobbies or our interest, He is jealous. When we worship wood (homes); metal (cars); fiberglass (boats); plastic (credit cards); gold (savings) or ego (our jobs) the ONLY TRUE GOD becomes jealous. Have we made Him jealous recently? What stationary god do we carry?