God Refreshes & Gives Courage
Backgrounder on Isaiah 52-57:
Nowhere in the OT will you see
a clearer picture of the horrible
price of your redemption than in
these six chapters. Many verses
show the anquish our Savior,
as suffering servant, endured
in paying the awful price of sin.
Lord, You’ll Refresh the Humble:
The high and lofty one who inhibits
eternity, the Holy One says this:
I live in that high and holy place
with those whose spirits are
Contrite and Humble. I Refresh
the humble and give new Courage
to those with Repentant hearts.
For I will Not Content Forever, nor
will I always be angry (Isa 57:15-16)
Lord, You are high and lifted up,
glorious and exalted! And I am not.
I bow before You and ask You to
develop in me a heart of Humility.
Your Word says that You will not
despise a Repentant heart, and
so I ask You to work that in me.
Thank You for meeting me right
where I am and for bringing
renewed courage for my life. Amen
Lord, help me to rise above my
circumstances and live in Your
power. Lift me up as I lay down
my efforts and humbly rest in You.
Grant me grace and strength to
face each day. And help me place
my complete confidence in You.
Help me live as one who is
constantly Refreshed by You.
Help me be as low as I need
to be in order to be lifted up
in boldness and new Courage.
Whilst sometimes it seems You
aren’t on my side; But I want to
be in perfect syn with You. So,
draw me into Yr purposes. Amen.
Lord, a broken spirit
and a contrite heart
You will not despise,
You will not despise
You desire truth in the inward parts
A broken spirit and a contrite heart
Lord, my heart is prone to wander
Prone to leave, the God I love
Here’s my heart, Lord take & seal it
Seal it for, Your courts above. Amen