OUR FATHER WHO RESTORES HIS PEOPLE TO HIMSELF

Isaiah chapter 57 verses 9 - 10 says this;

You went to Molek with olive oil and increased your perfumes. You sent your ambassadors far away; you descended to the very realm of the dead!

You wearied yourself by such going about, but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not faint.

This passage is an indictment of the people of God who had forsaken Him and pursued their fleshly desires and sought foreign gods.

They preoccupied themselves with lusts and even sacrificed their own children to demons and in doing so, delved into darkness; even down to the abode of the dead.

Though they were fatigued by their fanatical engagement with evil, they renewed their strength and pressed on.

Such was the unremitting drive of the people of God to evade their God of righteousness.

The Lord warns His people in Isaiah chapter 57 verse 13 that when they need Him, they will try to call Him but He will leave them to their idols to save them;

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 whoever takes refuge in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.”

The hope that the Lord provides for those who take refuge in Him is that they who are contrite and lowly in spirit will have the obstacles to their access to their God removed.

Isaiah chapter 57 verses 17 - 19 records the Lord  relenting from His anger against His people and restoring them to Himself. 

I was enraged by their sinful greed; I punished them, and hid my face in anger, yet they kept on in their willful ways. 

I have seen their ways, but I will heal them;  I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel’s mourners, creating praise on their lips.

Peace, peace, to those far and near,”  says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”

Amen.

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