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Isaiah 1: Never Run Dry

On Sunday morning we missed the final verses of Isaiah's opening message.  Did you see on television the huge bush fires that raged across Portugal during the heat wave a few weeks ago?  If so, keep those images in mind as you read these words, warning Judah about the iminent danger of judgement for its rebellion against God:
“You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks
    in which you have delighted;
you will be disgraced because of the gardens
    that you have chosen.
You will be like an oak with fading leaves,
    like a garden without water.
The mighty man will become tinder
    and his work a spark;
Both will burn together,
    with no one to quench the fire" (Isaiah 1:29-31)
 
In forskaing God's Word to live for themselves and indulge in idolatry, they have not found life in its fullness; instead Isaiah sees them as fading, dying plants; drying out in the hot middle eastern sun; readying themselves being set ablaze by the slightest spark.  But this death and destruction isn't what God wants for His people.  Listen to Psalm 1's description of the blessed (literally: happy) disciple, who listens and devotes themselves to God's Word:
"Blessed is the man...
    whose delight is in the law of the Lord...
He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
    which yields its fruit in its season,
    and whose leaf does not wither" (Psalm 1:1-4)
As you open up your Bible today to read, as you reflect back on Sunday's preaching, this is what God intends for you.  He wants you to never run dry, to grow and to thrive, as you drink deeply and feed on His Spirit-given Words.  Today through faith you are united with Christ. His life flows within you: bringing you into fullness of life and drawing you deeper into intimate knowledge of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

 

Praise God Today: "Thrive" (by Casting Crowns)
Pray today:

  • Give thanks for our partner churches with gospel hearts in Edinburgh (EoSGP).  Pray that together God will use us to reach our city and nation for Christ! 
  • Pray for the renewal, reformation and revival of the churches in our land under the Word of God.

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