Meditation from Isaiah 64,65
I enjoy the good promises from
the Bible, but here, like other places we have words of confession of sin. Even
the gracious Lord Jesus exposed sin as a root problem in all humanity – Mark 7:21
Isaiah 64:5
“But we are not godly. We are
constant sinners, so Your anger Lord is heavy upon us. How can people like us
be saved? We are all infected and impure with sin. When we proudly display our
righteous deeds, we find they are but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we
wither and fall. And our sins, like the wind, sweep us away. Yet no one calls
on your name, or pleads with you for mercy. Therefore You have turned away from
us and turned us over to our sins.”
Then the prophet takes the humble
place “We are the clay, You are the potter….”
Then the LORD says (Chapter 65) :
“People who never before inquired about Me are asking about Me. I am being
found by people who were not looking for Me. To them I have said “I am here”.
I opened my arms to My own people
but……………”
And so the good news for
repentant sinner holds true:
‘Whoever will call upon the Name
of the LORD will be saved ‘ (Romans 10:13) .
Let us take time to confess our sins, He is
faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
(1John 1) .
It is not the purpose of God for
us to live in morbid introspection, but it is healthy to humble ourselves and see
the situation as by the holy vision of the Lord.
Peter wrote “God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.”
(1 Peter 5)
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