Isaiah 64-66
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Thinking today about nations in the world
that do not know the Lord, that follow other religions full of lies. Just like Israel angered God because
they worshiped false idols and did not live for Him, I know these false
religions today anger God. But I
also know that He wants them to come to Him, just as He wanted Israel to return
to Him.
“This is what the Lord says: ‘As when
juice is still found in a cluster of grapes and men say, ‘Don’t destroy it,
there is yet some good in it,’ so will I do in behalf of my servants; I will
not destroy them all.” (65:8)
Then in chapter 66 it talks about God
sending missionaries to nations that have not heard of His fame to proclaim His
glory and bring them to the Lord.
It seems impossible to think that Muslim,
Buddhist, or Hindu nations would turn from their religions and to the Lord, but
that is His desire, and with God all things are possible. There is still some juice in the
cluster of bad grapes. He wants us
to see that, and He wants to use us to spread His light and Truth.
This is such a mountain to move that it
is easy to not even try. How could
I ever make a difference? In
Isaiah 66:2 God says, “This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite
in spirit, and trembles at my word.”
Or in The Message translation:
“But there is something I’m looking
for: a person simple and plain, reverently responsive to what I say.”
Simple and plain, reverently responsive …
If that is what He’s looking for - I can be that … So maybe He can use me.
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