Today's Scripture:
Isaiah 64:1-9
Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down,
that the mountains would tremble before you!
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!
For when you did awesome things that we did not expect,
you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.
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.
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?
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.
No one calls on your name
or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us
and have given us over to our sins.
Yet you, LORD, are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand.
Do not be angry beyond measure, LORD;
do not remember our sins forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
for we are all your people.
Read: Reflect on a story in your life that pertains to this scripture.
Isaiah prays to God to tear open the skies and come down to strike fear in their adversaries. But he also asks God to look favorably upon the people of Israel and to heal their isolation and to halt the damage of their sins.
Reflect: What is this scripture telling you during this season?
We need to expect God's presence in our lives at any time and any place.
Respond: How is this scripture calling you to respond?
I believe that I have been called to serve others in the community. Cub Scout and Boy Scout Leader, youth mission trip participation, youth bible study, HOA Board member and President and active Rotarian. As a Rotarian I believe in the Rotary Motto - Service above Self.
About Ken Fickes:
Director of Transit Services for Harris County Transit. Husband of Sally, father of Reece and Sarah, doting Grandfather of three grandsons and Transit Nerd.
Forty years at Grace. Past participation in Cub Scouts of Grace Pack 1040, numerous youth mission trips and presently ushering and Core Group.