16 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
cease to do evil,
17 learn to do good;
seek justice,
correct oppression;
bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow's cause.
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
cease to do evil,
17 learn to do good;
seek justice,
correct oppression;
bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow's cause.
Isaiah 1:16-17 ESV
Sometimes my blog entries take time to form, other times I kind of have to really work just to get anything down on paper, but today's verse spoke to me on first read. Christianity is NOT a passive affair.
Just look at all that God is instructing his children to do.
This verse contains a plethora of active verbs: wash, make, cease, learn, seek, bring, and plead. Sure pray, meditate, and read are also important verbs in a Christian's life, but those are quiet time words.
Isaiah is telling God's elect to be active in our relationship. Our knees are a launching pad to service. Clasped prayer hands must become dirtied and blistered. Knowledge becomes action.
Let's roll up our sleeves in 2017 and get tired for Christ!
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