Day: July 4, 2023

God Will Keep His Promises !!

Isaiah’s national call for repentance
is so urgent that even his personal
call and commission to prophetic
office must wait until chapter 6.
The task set before Isaiah is an
unenviable one, for God promises
from the start that the people will
be spiritually deaf & nearsighted.
But armed with confidence in his
Immanuel, Isaiah begins to declare
harsh words from on high in the
courts and palaces of Judah.

Lord, we trust You Keep Promises:
The Lord spoke again to Ahaz
saying: Ask a sign for yourself
from the Lord your God…
Then Isaiah said: Hear now, you
house of David! Is it not enough
to try the patience of men?
Will you try the patience of my
God also? Therefore the Lord
Himself will give you a sign:
Behold, a virgin will be with child
and bear a son, and she will call
his name Immanuel (Isa 7:10-14)

Lord, thanks for Keeping Promises:
Thank You that You also provide
signs to help us understand that You
keep promises. Your faithfulness
fills me with inner peace. But I may
not sense your presence despite
the promise You’re always with me.
Encourage me and sustain me
in a very real way. And I thank
You for the promise that one day
I will dwell with You forever. Amen.

Lord, forgive me for seeking
outward signs rather than being
drawn into closer communion
with You. Your Word says: Though
heaven and earth may pass away,
You are the same yesterday,
today & forever; and I am yours.
Nothing can change that fact.
May You take pleasure in me and
be glorified as I trust in You. Amen.

Lord, forgive us for seeking signs
as indications of Your direction
and as a basis for our faith in You.
We realize that You God intends
to nurture in us a faith and a trust
that don’t require external support.
Help us develop the kind of faith
that rests solely on Your character,
especially that of your Faithfulness.
But Lord in your tender mercies,
please do not test us beyond
what we are able to bear. Amen.

God Is On the Throne (Jul 3)

Wickedness has permeated
every fiber of Judah – a condition
which God finds intolerable.
Isaiah’s national call for repentance
is so urgent that even his Call
to the prophetic office must wait.
The task before Isaiah is unenviable,
for God said the people will be
spiritually deaf and nearsighted.
Having encountered God, Isaiah
begins to declare harsh words with
confidence in the courts of Judah.

Lord, You are Holy & In Control:
I saw the Lord Sitting on a Throne,
high and lifted up… Above it stood
seraphim… And one cried to
another and said: Holy, holy, holy
is the Lord of hosts; The whole
earth is full of His glory! (Isa 6:1-3).
Woe to me, I cried: For I am a man
of unclean lips, and my eyes have
seen the King, the Lord Almighty.
Then one seraphim flew to me,
having in his hand a live coal from
the altar. And he touched my mouth
and said: Your iniquity is Taken
Away and your sin purged (v5-6).
I heard the Lord asking: Whom
should I send as a messenger to
this people? Who will go for us?
Then I said:Here am I. Send me(8-9)

Lord, all praise and honour to You
for Sitting on the Throne & by faith
I proclaim that You reign over all.
You are In Control and everyone
and everything is subject to You.
When my faith is weak & I despair
because of challenges, remind me
Lord that You are still in charge.
Give me a vision of Your reign
over the whole world and over all
my circumstances. In Jesus’ name.

Lord, whenever I sense Your
holy presence, I am greatly
aware of my own unworthiness.
That makes me More Grateful for
how much You sacrificed for me.
Touch and purify me and help me
to separate from all that is unholy.
Then I can come before Your holy
throne with confidence to find Your
grace & mercy in time of need. Amen.

Lord, You are glorious & manificient
& do share Your presence with me.
Reveal more of Yourself to me; and
let Your words be abundantly clear.
Open my ears Lord to hear of what
You have for me; to be and to do.
Help me to have a tender heart
to respond positively to Your plan;
so that I will say: Here Am I Lord
and then do the good works that
You have prepared for me. Amen.