Let us reason together
Isaiah 1
15 When you spread out your hands in prayer,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even if you offer many prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are full of blood;16 wash and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds
out of my sight!
Stop doing wrong,17 learn to do right!
Seek justice,
encourage the oppressed.
Defend the cause of the fatherless,
plead the case of the widow.18 “Come now, let us reason together,”
says the LORD.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.19 If you are willing and obedient,
you will eat the best from the land;20 but if you resist and rebel,
you will be devoured by the sword.”
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
It is easy to read this and judge the people of Israel. But I think this warning is also for all of us. We have no problem at all in awarding ourselves with the promises given to Israel, but when it comes to the warnings we think it was just for them.
We should not forget that “the word of God is living and active” (Hebrews 4:12), and it applies to us the same way that it applied to the people of Israel.
Let’s take a moment and meditate about this scripture. If we are taking the right path, let’s just make sure we continue on it. If not, let’s reason together with God, change our path to obedience, and move forward to the promised land.
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