Isaiah 64:1-12 ESV "Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence— as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil— to make your name known to your adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at your presence! When you did awesome things that we did not look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence. From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him. You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved? We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. There is no one who calls upon your name, who rouses himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have made us melt in the hand of our iniquities. But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. Be not so terribly angry, O Lord, and remember not iniquity forever. Behold, please look, we are all your people. Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins. Will you restrain yourself at these things, O Lord ? Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?" Can we say with Isaiah that we want the Lord to come down and make His name fully known on this earth? Do we long for Him to take over this world? When the Lord comes, It will be awesome to behold for the mountains will tremble. As we come to maturity in our understanding of God, let us tremble before His majesty. He is beyond comprehension fully; yet He wants us to keep seeking and searching, to strive to know Him piece by piece. We will never exhaust all that God is and has done for us for His honor and glory. Pray for His return to be soon and that all He has called from every tribe, tongue, people will be brought in. Worship Him and declare the glories of almighty God to all those who are around us.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 04:24:24 +0000
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