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Isaiah - Day 2

versebyverse | May 09, 2008 18:57

Scripture: Isaiah 1:2 (NIV): "Hear, O heavens! Listen, O earth! For the LORD has spoken: 'I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.'"

Thought: To me, an upward look into the heart of God is crucial!

Question: Do I listen to God?

(Observation: Nobody understands a parent's broken heart better than God does!)

Both heaven and earth are commanded into attention here because something important is about to be said: "rebellion has sprung up among my children!" What will God have to say now? Does this create fear in us?

What the LORD speaks is vitally crucial. We owe Him total respect and attention. "I reared children." How? By providing every need: by blessing Abraham's barren wife, by guiding each generation carefully through each patriarch until a nation was conceived, by strengthening them against their enemies and preserving them--even unto the present day. Yet "they have rebelled against me." What a sad affair! Truly, when men rebel against God it is an unwarranted, groundless betrayal. It is tantamount to self-destruction because God is the Loving Maker of us all.

Prayer: Great Creator God, help me always to listen to You when You speak. Forgive me when I rebel like a wayward, disrespectful child. Amen.