They Said to God, “Keep Away”
1. “I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’
2. All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations?
3. a people who continually provoke me to my very face, offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on altars of brick;
4. who sit among the graves and spend their nights keeping secret vigil; who eat the flesh of pigs, and whose pots hold broth of unclean meat;
5. who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me, for I am too sacred for you!’ Such people are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that keeps burning all day.
6.“See, it stands written before me: I will not keep silent but will pay back in full; I will pay it back into their laps?
7. both your sins and the sins of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains and defied me on the hills, I will measure into their laps the full payment for their former deeds.”
The Remnant
8. 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.
9. I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah those who will possess my mountains; my chosen people will inherit them, and there will my servants live.
10. Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for my people who seek me.
11.“But as for you who forsake the LORD and forget my holy mountain, who spread a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
12. I will destine you for the sword, and you will all bend down for the slaughter; for I called but you did not answer, I spoke but you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me.”
Thank you for your mercy and patience Lord.. it was interesting to read this passage because it had my name in verse 10! also the fact that God rewards those that stay faithful in Him..
Friday, April 24, 2009
April 23, 2009 - Isaiah 64:1 - 64:12
Prayer and Confession
1. Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!
2. As when fire sets twigs ablaze and causes water to boil, come down to make your name known to your enemies and cause the nations to quake before you!
3. For when you did awesome things that we did not expect, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.
4. Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.
5. You come to the help of those who gladly do right, who remember your ways. But when we continued to sin against them, you were angry. How then can we be saved?
6. All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
7. No one calls on your name or strives to lay hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us and made us waste away because of our sins.
Petition
8. Yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.
9. Do not be angry beyond measure, O LORD; do not remember our sins forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray, for we are all your people.
10. Your sacred cities have become a desert; even Zion is a desert, Jerusalem a desolation.
11. Our holy and glorious temple, where our fathers praised you, has been burned with fire, and all that we treasured lies in ruins.
12. After all this, O LORD, will you hold yourself back? Will you keep silent and punish us beyond measure?
1. Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!
2. As when fire sets twigs ablaze and causes water to boil, come down to make your name known to your enemies and cause the nations to quake before you!
3. For when you did awesome things that we did not expect, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.
4. Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.
5. You come to the help of those who gladly do right, who remember your ways. But when we continued to sin against them, you were angry. How then can we be saved?
6. All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
7. No one calls on your name or strives to lay hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us and made us waste away because of our sins.
Petition
8. Yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.
9. Do not be angry beyond measure, O LORD; do not remember our sins forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray, for we are all your people.
10. Your sacred cities have become a desert; even Zion is a desert, Jerusalem a desolation.
11. Our holy and glorious temple, where our fathers praised you, has been burned with fire, and all that we treasured lies in ruins.
12. After all this, O LORD, will you hold yourself back? Will you keep silent and punish us beyond measure?
Monday, April 20, 2009
April 20, 2009 - Isaiah 62:10 - 63:6
Salvation . . . for All Peoples
10. Pass through, pass through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Raise a banner for the nations.
11. The LORD has made proclamation to the ends of the earth: “Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your Savior comes! See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him.’”
12. They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the LORD; and you will be called Sought After, the City No Longer Deserted.
Terrifying Wrath
1. Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah, with his garments stained crimson? Who is this, robed in splendor, striding forward in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.”
2. Why are your garments red, like those of one treading the winepress?
3.“I have trodden the winepress alone; from the nations no one was with me. I trampled them in my anger and trod them down in my wrath; their blood spattered my garments, and I stained all my clothing.
4. For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redemption has come.
5. I looked, but there was no one to help, I was appalled that no one gave support; so my own arm worked salvation for me, and my own wrath sustained me.
6. I trampled the nations in my anger; in my wrath I made them drunk and poured their blood on the ground.
10. Pass through, pass through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Raise a banner for the nations.
11. The LORD has made proclamation to the ends of the earth: “Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your Savior comes! See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him.’”
12. They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the LORD; and you will be called Sought After, the City No Longer Deserted.
Terrifying Wrath
1. Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah, with his garments stained crimson? Who is this, robed in splendor, striding forward in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.”
2. Why are your garments red, like those of one treading the winepress?
3.“I have trodden the winepress alone; from the nations no one was with me. I trampled them in my anger and trod them down in my wrath; their blood spattered my garments, and I stained all my clothing.
4. For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redemption has come.
5. I looked, but there was no one to help, I was appalled that no one gave support; so my own arm worked salvation for me, and my own wrath sustained me.
6. I trampled the nations in my anger; in my wrath I made them drunk and poured their blood on the ground.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
April 19, 2009 - 오직 예수
오직 예수
나의 일정은 너무 빡빡하고
짊어져야 할 의무와 책임이
감당할 수 없을 만큼 무거워 보인다.
하지만 나는 휴가를 원치 않는다.
나는 절대 포기하고 싶지 않다.
내가 원하는 것은 동정도, 물질도,
명예도, 도피처도,
심지어는 기적도 아니다.
나는 오직 예수님을 원한다.
-앤 그레이엄 로츠의
‘그 무엇과도 바꿀 수 없는 예수’ 중에서-
삶의 과중한 책임과 각종 업무로
피곤하고 지친 당신에게도,
모든 것을 가졌지만
때때로 찾아오는 공허함에
즐거움을 쫓아가는 당신에게도,
성공의 그림자를 따라 바쁘게 달리는 당신에게도,
그리고 주님의 이름을 부르면서도
때때로 그분의 선하심을 의심하는 당신에게도
필요한 것은 오직 주님, 한 분 뿐입니다.
다른 것을 찾지 마십시오.
다른 것으로 채우려 하지 마십시오.
주님을 구하십시오.
오직 주님만을 바라십시오.
생각이 아닌, 지식이 아닌
살아계신 주님을 만날 때,
당신은 이 땅에서 천국을 소유하게 될 것입니다.
오직 주님만.. 원합니다.. 저같은 죄인.. 용서하십시요.. 주님만 원해야하는데.. 그게 왜 이렇게 힘들까요.. 주님! 주님품안에 있기 원합니다. .
나의 일정은 너무 빡빡하고
짊어져야 할 의무와 책임이
감당할 수 없을 만큼 무거워 보인다.
하지만 나는 휴가를 원치 않는다.
나는 절대 포기하고 싶지 않다.
내가 원하는 것은 동정도, 물질도,
명예도, 도피처도,
심지어는 기적도 아니다.
나는 오직 예수님을 원한다.
-앤 그레이엄 로츠의
‘그 무엇과도 바꿀 수 없는 예수’ 중에서-
삶의 과중한 책임과 각종 업무로
피곤하고 지친 당신에게도,
모든 것을 가졌지만
때때로 찾아오는 공허함에
즐거움을 쫓아가는 당신에게도,
성공의 그림자를 따라 바쁘게 달리는 당신에게도,
그리고 주님의 이름을 부르면서도
때때로 그분의 선하심을 의심하는 당신에게도
필요한 것은 오직 주님, 한 분 뿐입니다.
다른 것을 찾지 마십시오.
다른 것으로 채우려 하지 마십시오.
주님을 구하십시오.
오직 주님만을 바라십시오.
생각이 아닌, 지식이 아닌
살아계신 주님을 만날 때,
당신은 이 땅에서 천국을 소유하게 될 것입니다.
오직 주님만.. 원합니다.. 저같은 죄인.. 용서하십시요.. 주님만 원해야하는데.. 그게 왜 이렇게 힘들까요.. 주님! 주님품안에 있기 원합니다. .
Thursday, April 16, 2009
April 16, 2009 - Isaiah 59:9 - 59:21
Lost in Darkness
9. So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
10. Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like men without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.
11. We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away.
12. For our offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities:
13. rebellion and treachery against the Lord, turning our backs on our God, fomenting oppression and revolt, uttering lies our hearts have conceived.
14. So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.
15. Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
Setting Things Straight
16. He saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm worked salvation for him, and his own righteousness sustained him.
17. He put on righteousness as his breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head; he put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.
18. According to what they have done, so will he repay wrath to his enemies and retribution to his foes; he will repay the islands their due.
19. From the west, men will fear the name of the Lord, and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory. For he will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the LORD drives along.
20. “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,” declares the Lord.
21. “As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit, who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of their descendants from this time on and forever,” says the Lord.
9. So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
10. Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like men without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.
11. We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away.
12. For our offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities:
13. rebellion and treachery against the Lord, turning our backs on our God, fomenting oppression and revolt, uttering lies our hearts have conceived.
14. So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.
15. Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
Setting Things Straight
16. He saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm worked salvation for him, and his own righteousness sustained him.
17. He put on righteousness as his breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head; he put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.
18. According to what they have done, so will he repay wrath to his enemies and retribution to his foes; he will repay the islands their due.
19. From the west, men will fear the name of the Lord, and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory. For he will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the LORD drives along.
20. “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,” declares the Lord.
21. “As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit, who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of their descendants from this time on and forever,” says the Lord.
April 15, 2009 - Isaiah 58:13 - 59:8
Keeping the Lord’s Day
13.“If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,
14. then you will find your joy in the Lord, and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.” The mouth of the Lord has spoken.
God Isn’t in a Hurry
1. Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.
2. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
3. For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters wicked things.
4. No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case with integrity. They rely on empty arguments and speak lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
5. They hatch the eggs of vipers and spin a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
6. Their cobwebs are useless for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are evil deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
7. Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil thoughts; ruin and destruction mark their ways.
8. The way of peace they do not know; there is no justice in their paths. They have turned them into crooked roads; no one who walks in them will know peace.
From my QT book.. it says our greatest consequence of sin is losing fellowship with God.. I think this is really true cuz once I started to walk away from God.. whether it may be from just being lazy or whatever, it was easier to somewhat 'forget' the relationship I had with God. Just like praying.. the more often and longer I prayed.. it was easier for me to pray to God.. but when I stopped.. getting back to where I was.. took more effort.. This is why we need fellowship with fellow Christans too.. so we keep accountable for each other for we are ONE body of Christ!
13.“If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,
14. then you will find your joy in the Lord, and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.” The mouth of the Lord has spoken.
God Isn’t in a Hurry
1. Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.
2. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
3. For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters wicked things.
4. No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case with integrity. They rely on empty arguments and speak lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
5. They hatch the eggs of vipers and spin a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
6. Their cobwebs are useless for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are evil deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
7. Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil thoughts; ruin and destruction mark their ways.
8. The way of peace they do not know; there is no justice in their paths. They have turned them into crooked roads; no one who walks in them will know peace.
From my QT book.. it says our greatest consequence of sin is losing fellowship with God.. I think this is really true cuz once I started to walk away from God.. whether it may be from just being lazy or whatever, it was easier to somewhat 'forget' the relationship I had with God. Just like praying.. the more often and longer I prayed.. it was easier for me to pray to God.. but when I stopped.. getting back to where I was.. took more effort.. This is why we need fellowship with fellow Christans too.. so we keep accountable for each other for we are ONE body of Christ!
April 14, 2009 - Isaiah 57:11 - 57:21
Where Do You Put Your Trust?
11.“Whom have you so dreaded and feared that you have been false to me, and have neither remembered me nor pondered this in your hearts? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me?
12. I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not benefit you.
13. When you cry out for help, let your collection of idols save you! The wind will carry all of them off, a mere breath will blow them away. But the man who makes me his refuge will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.”
Grace to the Repentant
14. And it will be said: “Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.”
15. For this is what the high and lofty One says?he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.
16. I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, for then the spirit of man would grow faint before me?the breath of man that I have created.
17. I was enraged by his sinful greed; I punished him, and hid my face in anger, yet he kept on in his willful ways.
18. I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him,
19. creating praise on the lips of the mourners in Israel. Peace, peace, to those far and near,” says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”
20. But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.
21. “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
I know I should place my trust in God.. however I find myself trying to figure out things on my own.. but in reality i know that it is Christ who makes impossible possible! I need to pray more.. so I place it all down unto Him.. 주님만 보고 달리겠습니다..
11.“Whom have you so dreaded and feared that you have been false to me, and have neither remembered me nor pondered this in your hearts? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me?
12. I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not benefit you.
13. When you cry out for help, let your collection of idols save you! The wind will carry all of them off, a mere breath will blow them away. But the man who makes me his refuge will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.”
Grace to the Repentant
14. And it will be said: “Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.”
15. For this is what the high and lofty One says?he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.
16. I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, for then the spirit of man would grow faint before me?the breath of man that I have created.
17. I was enraged by his sinful greed; I punished him, and hid my face in anger, yet he kept on in his willful ways.
18. I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him,
19. creating praise on the lips of the mourners in Israel. Peace, peace, to those far and near,” says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”
20. But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.
21. “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
I know I should place my trust in God.. however I find myself trying to figure out things on my own.. but in reality i know that it is Christ who makes impossible possible! I need to pray more.. so I place it all down unto Him.. 주님만 보고 달리겠습니다..
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