As fire burns brushwood, As fire causes water to boil— To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence! Isaiah 64:2
Faith is our method in the time of waiting, but how we long to show to the world His name and His presence! The simile here is the pot on the range with flame applied, but the waiting for the full rolling boil seems interminable. Our verse for today is part of a prayer for the coming of the Lord. Already faith and waiting had come to Israel, and the prophet longed for the presence of the Lord his God. We are in much the same state, including the last bit where he confesses the sin of his nation and states, "In these ways we continue; and we need to be saved." Yes, the prophet has our condition quite well. Let us confess our sin and wait on our Savior. His return is soon!
Look up, for your redemption draweth nigh!
Bucky
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