- When you did awesome things that we did not look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence. Isaiah 64:3 – We see in this chapter the people reaching out to God to save them. Here they recall how He saved them in the past, when He came is awesome power and in ways they had never seen before or could even imagine. Things like when God rescued them from Egypt in such a mighty way. The people are now looking back on how God rescued them and seeking another rescue. Know that God doesn’t run out of rescues. We can find ourselves over and over in struggles within our life. Some may be a result of our bad choices and some may come as a result of our pursuing Jesus well; either way struggles are inevitable. God though can rescue and help us through as many struggles we find ourselves in. He will not grow weary and will not turn us away. So lean on Him in the struggle. Since He is offering the help you need to get through it, take it. Watch how God can come through for you in ways you could never expect or even imagine. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1265
- 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. Isaiah 64:4-6 – Our passage continues the cry of God’s people to God from the previous chapter who are seeking salvation from Him. Yet they come to an eternal problem. God’s meets and listens to those who are righteous, but they were still in sin. God’s people had turned to sin and even their best attempts at righteous acts weren’t enough to please the Lord. How then does one in sin gain the attention of a holy God who only listens to the righteous? Through the righteousness of another. This is what Jesus means when only through Him can we reach the Father and that His Spirit speaks on our behalf to the Lord. Our righteous deeds without Jesus are like a filthy rag, but Jesus’ righteousness is perfect. We can choose to follow Jesus and He will stand on our behalf, and we can speak to the Father in ways we never could have earned all due to Jesus’ righteousness. Praise the Lord we have a perfect Mediator in Christ, and praise the Lord that our Mediator lives forevermore, eternally present to cover us in His righteousness. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2731
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