Isaiah 1: 17 “Learn to do good; seek justice, rebuke the oppressor, defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.”
Dear God,
I determine to give You thanks and praise, even though today, I feel dull and retrained. In my mind I rejoice that You love me, and always hear my prayers, therefore I am sure that You will lift me up and fill me with Your love and joy. Thank You for hearing my prayers for forgiveness, and to be covered by the Righteousness of Jesus and filled by the Holy Spirit, so that I can be blessed by Him and be given fruits of the Spirit. I learn more and more, that I have and am nothing that recommends me, but that You, God, are my righteousness and love me despite me being totally unworthy of Your love and condescension toward me.
I live in a world that is very wicked, as it was in the Old Testament times that Isaiah wrote in. But You then as now, had a solution for their apostasy, and were willing to have them as Your own, if they would change their ways. It is the same today for all of us in this wicked generation, for not only do we need to be forgiven and cleansed of sin, but we need to put away any evil habits and the doing of evil, Isaiah 1: 16 “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil.” It is good to know, my prayer is heard and that I never will be abandoned to my deserved state. V 18 “’ Come now, and let us reason together,’ Says the Lord, ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.’”
When we have been cleansed from our sins and You come into our hearts, we cannot refrain from spreading the good news about You around and will follow the advice of V 17 “Learn to do good; seek justice, rebuke the oppressor, defend the fatherless; plead for the widow.”
I have found that happiness comes when I spread some of my blessings to others. Not only do I then want to help others, but also tell of the passages in Your written word, that have guided me and brought comfort, so that others also can learn of Your goodness and have a relationship with You.
I am grateful, that I can ask and receive wisdom, strength, love and all that is needed to live in accordance with Your will, as well as to be able to reach out to others, and away from only focusing upon my needs and occupations.
I note that as always Your love of every person is so great that love overflows out of Your heart, toward us, because You delight to bestow good things upon us when we ‘straighten up our act’; V 19 “If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat of the good of the land.”
I choose You again today and am privileged and happy to be Your beloved child.
Amen