"Who ya gonna serve?"
“The Lord of hosts, Him you shall hallow; let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread. He will be as a sanctuary, But a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, as a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And many among them shall stumble; they shall fall and be broken, be snared and taken.” Isaiah 8. 13-22
In the Isaiah reading for today in the CCCA devotion, the prophet sounds a bit like Bob Dylan as they both say clearly that we must know who (or what) we serve, and if we don't we "shall stumble, fall and be broken." Aren't we such an incredible mass of humanity that a 5th century BC Hebrew prophet and a 20th century American folk singer Christian convert can "sing" the same song?
Enjoy Bob Dylan's piece entitled "You gotta Serve Somebody." See the lyrics below...
Lyrics: You may be an ambassador to England or France. You may like to gamble, you might like to dance. You may be the heavyweight champion of the world. You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls.
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes, Indeed you're gonna have to serve somebody. Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord, But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
You might be a rock 'n' roll addict prancing on the stage. You might have drugs at your command, women in a cage. You may be a businessman or some high-degree thief. They may call you doctor or they may call you chief.
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes, you are, You're gonna have to serve somebody. Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord, But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
You may be a state trooper, you might be a young Turk. You may be the head of some big TV network. You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame. You may be living in another country under another name.
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes you are, You're gonna have to serve somebody. Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord, But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
You may be a construction worker working on a home. You may be living in a mansion or you might live in a dome. You might own guns and you might even own tanks. You might be somebody's landlord, you might even own banks.
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes, You're gonna have to serve somebody. Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord, But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
You may be a preacher with your spiritual pride. You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side. You may be workin' in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair. You may be somebody's mistress, may be somebody's heir.
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes, You're gonna have to serve somebody. Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord, But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk. Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk. You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread. You may be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a king-sized bed.
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes, Indeed you're gonna have to serve somebody. Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord, But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
You may call me Terry, you may call me Timmy. You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy. You may call me R.J., you may call me Ray. You may call me anything but no matter what you say.
Still, you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes, You're gonna have to serve somebody. Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord, But you're gonna have to serve somebody.