Isaiah 5:20
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.”
Names matter. God named things first. He named light, darkness, good, and evil. Those names carried truth in them. When we rename what He has already labeled, we don’t change the thing itself. We only blind ourselves to it. A rebranded poison is still poison. Sin dressed in softer language still does the same damage, quietly numbing the conscience while the danger remains unchanged.
Culture may shift its vocabulary, but God’s moral landscape does not move. Perhaps the cruelest trick is when good is called evil. People begin fleeing the very things that could heal them. They reject the cure and embrace the disease, all while believing they are thinking clearly. The labels we accept will shape our lives.
Stay anchored to what God calls true. Truth doesn’t need a new name.
I’m Lonnie Davis and these are thoughts worth thinking.
Suggested Prayer: Father, guard my heart. Let me call what You call good, good and evil, evil.