Jesus, I Need You Part 1 Prøve

QUIET MOMENT

We need Jesus. We need to cry out to our Immanuel to open our eyes so we can see things from His perspective, because we have wandered from the truth. We are not much different than the Israelites thousands of years ago. We have lost our focus and our vision. We have become so influenced by the culture around us that we have wandered away unknowingly.

The people of Israel were God’s chosen people. God delivered them from their oppressors, provided for them miraculously, and demonstrated His power and love to them in many ways, but they continued to be enticed by the people and things around them and wander away. Do you long for the things of this world? Do you doubt God’s ways?

GOING DEEPER

Can you hear God’s heart in today’s passage from Isaiah 1? Read all of Isaiah chapter 1 and answer the questions that follow.

1. How does God describe Israel and their behavior? What is their heart condition?

2. What does He ask them to do?

3. How does He encourage them in verses 18-20?

Read Paul’s exhortation to the church in Ephesus and to the church as a whole in Ephesians 4:17-19.

Pray and ask the Lord to reveal your heart to you, to make known to you any areas of darkness, hard-heartedness, callousness, or impurity. What did He show you?

REFLECTION AND PRAYER

Find a cozy spot to sit. Take just a few minutes and continue to ask the Lord to search your heart. The Lord appreciates your earnestness and your diligence. A repentant, contrite heart the Lord will not despise.

TAKE THE TRUTH TO HEART AND BRING THE TRUTH TO LIFE

Choose one truth from today and apply it to your heart. Take it with you throughout the day.