"O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord." Isaiah 2:5
How sad that throughout 3 chapters, Isaiah 1-3, there is a constant turning away from the Lord... a choice made to walk in crippling darkness rather that "Glorious light". How easy it is to choose self righteousness and self fulfillment rather than a life of humble service to the Great High King but in the end it brings ruin and misery and loneliness and nothing of eternal significance. We like to think that we are different from the Israelite but really we're not. We get caught up in having things, jobs, hobbies, and so many other stuff that we let them steal away our time with the Lord... there is nothing wrong with having nice things, or a good job, or taking time for yourself. What makes them unbeneficial is when they became detrimental to our relationship with God, that is to say, when they become the focus of our lives. Follow God doesn't mean you won't have the things your heart desires, it means you truly giving them up to follow His will without expecting God to work like a genie "For my service I wish for wealth" or a like balancing scale, "I'll give you this if you give me that"... We should follow Him and hold fast to the knowledge that, "... the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk upright." Psalm 84:11. So let us "be in the light as He is in the light."
Lord, let it be our prayer that we would thirst after you in such a way that our own selfish desires diminish.
How sad that throughout 3 chapters, Isaiah 1-3, there is a constant turning away from the Lord... a choice made to walk in crippling darkness rather that "Glorious light". How easy it is to choose self righteousness and self fulfillment rather than a life of humble service to the Great High King but in the end it brings ruin and misery and loneliness and nothing of eternal significance. We like to think that we are different from the Israelite but really we're not. We get caught up in having things, jobs, hobbies, and so many other stuff that we let them steal away our time with the Lord... there is nothing wrong with having nice things, or a good job, or taking time for yourself. What makes them unbeneficial is when they became detrimental to our relationship with God, that is to say, when they become the focus of our lives. Follow God doesn't mean you won't have the things your heart desires, it means you truly giving them up to follow His will without expecting God to work like a genie "For my service I wish for wealth" or a like balancing scale, "I'll give you this if you give me that"... We should follow Him and hold fast to the knowledge that, "... the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk upright." Psalm 84:11. So let us "be in the light as He is in the light."
Lord, let it be our prayer that we would thirst after you in such a way that our own selfish desires diminish.
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