Hey sorry its been so long. Been busy! I realized lately that I don't keep my priorities straight..especially with God. I let so many things distract or consume my mind that it can easily distract me from tasks the Lord has given me. What I am going to talk about in these next 3 verses go along these lines but lets dive in.
"(9)All night long I search for you; in the morning I earnestly seek for God. For only when you come to judge the earth will people learn what is right. (10)Your kindness to the wicked does not make them good. Although others do right, the wicked keep doing wrong. (11)O Lord, they pay no attention to your upraised fist. Show them your eagerness to defend your people. Then they will be ashamed. Let your fire consume you enemies."
verse 9: This is where my priorities are sucking right now. I have been on this spiritual dryness and its no one's fault but my own because I have not been in the Word. The Word is where its at. We need the Word to refill us, replenish us, its our daily bread Jesus' says. When you notice something is missing, for example, your cell phone, don't we frantically look for it?! We turn our house upside down and our cars! And we realize we can't find it we freak! Why is it that we put some stupid object, and don't get me wrong, I'm preaching to myself here, too, in front of the Lord. I'm not saying its wrong to have a cell phone but we don't get our priorities straight as humans. God is the only thing that bring hope, that bring strength. He is what we need to survive! We don't get that. I know I sometimes don't. I mean I can be this prideful christian sometimes going through the motions, and honestly, I HATE IT! I want to challenge both of us, to wake up in the morning and pray..even if its for a minute.. talk to God. Guarantee it will change your life, one minute at a time. Will you join me in this? I need help to do this, too. I'm a hypocrite who needs Jesus, too! God is soveriegn and He knows what is best for us.
verse 10: Now, Isaiah the prophet is praying for the people of Israel for all the wrong they are doing. How they are not turning to God, because they believe they got it all together. Oh my gosh, who does that sound like? God loves us so much that though He may get angry with us, His kindness is what draws us to Him. The thing is if we don't fear God, which we will get into in verse 11, we take God for granted. We mock Him, and insult Him. The God of the universe, the God who gave you life! Check out this clip..its 18min so hopefully you got some time..this is what the Lord did for you...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjSio8jur2Y
verse 11: God wants to defend us, He wants to help us, He wants to be in a relationship with us. We as humans are so prone to just do our own thing. We think we got it together, we know everything..sounds like how we talk about teenagers, yea? They are no different than us as adults! And if you are a teenager, I didn't mean that as an insult but just that adults struggle with that too! The thing is, fearing the Lord does not mean to be deathly scared of Him where you are afraid to come to Him, but to be in awe of Him, to know that He has the power to give and take away. That He is God of the universe. To show reverance. I don't know where you are in this life, but you have a purpose. I discovered more of my purpose when I laid my life at Jesus' feet and said, "Take it!" and its something I still am working on today. Jesus came to give life abundant. He gave us life as a gift to enjoy..not to hate. There will be trials yes, but if you lay your life at His feet, you have hope! You can overcome any situation in your life through Him. Just trust Him, trust what He tells you to do! But in order to know those things..we need to do what verse 9 says, "Seek!" Seek Him in all you do! Get to know Him! Just like anyone else. In order to trust someone, you need to get to know Him. And believe me, He has alot to offer..and He offered His Son in exchange for you to have life...would you give up your son or daughter for someone else's life? yeahhh...lets think about that.
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