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Come Now Let Us Reason Together

Day 177

Reading: Isaiah 1:1 - Isaiah 3:26

Oh, I am so excited. Don't tell anyone, this is my favourite book. Strange, I know that someone can say they have a favourite book in the Bible. Whenever I have needed a word of encouragement I have always turned to the Book of Isaiah so as I begin this today I am leaping with excitement inside. Isaiah the prophet prophesied during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah all kings of Judah. 

Isaiah opens with an exhortation to wash clean. A clarion call to walk in the ways of God is made clear with the children of God advised of their responsibility to walk in purity. God expects that we cut off from anything that causes us to sin. We receive forgiveness from God but don't expect God to switch off the telly when you are watching porn for example. You have the responsibility to walk away from sin and anything that draws you to sin. God has not stopped calling for mankind just like He asked Adam and Eve where were they hidden? It's not that God couldn't see them but because of sin, they couldn't stand before God. For you to reason with God you need to deal with sin.

The prophet Isaiah also tells us of a request that Heaven has made from the beginning of time: Come and Let Us reason together. God is willing to sit down and reason with you and I. God is not unreasonable. God is not seated in Heaven and doesn't think that you can dialogue with Him. We have to learn that God desires we come to the place where we can approach His throne in prayer and reason with Him. We reason in prayer by taking the promises of God to Him and reminding Him of His covenant. He is Adonai, the Master and as such you and I are to present to Him evidence that is the reason for a miracle for you from Him. God calls us to Himself as only He can satisfy.

A day is coming when the terror of God will strike the earth. When God shakes the earth, idols will fall and those who worship them will be left stranded. Isaiah reveals that when this happens the people will seek to hide because of the glory of God and the terror that will accompany the shaking of the earth. 

Memory Verse: Isaiah 1:18-19

Decree:

Isaiah 1:26
I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.” (italics mine)
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