Isaiah 29 ~ Praying Scripture

Please read Isaiah 29.

Meditate on 13.

Then the Lord said,

“Because this people draw near with their words

and honor Me with their lip service,

but they remove their hearts far from Me,

and their reverence for Me consists of

tradition learned by rote…”

It is time to ask yourself some questions.  How would you describe your Christianity?  Is it going to church, saying the Apostle’s Creed, and the Lord’s Prayer then returning home to do your own thing the rest of the week?  Or is it walking every moment of every day in love and in conversation with the Savior of your soul?

Is your Christianity a relationship with Jesus Christ, or is it merely the traditions of your church?

God does not like tradition without relationship.  In Isaiah 29, God is pronouncing a woe to Ariel (Jerusalem).  The people performed their religious rituals, but they were not reading and understanding the Word of God.  They had removed their hearts far from the LORD. 

Are you like the people of Jerusalem?  Do you know someone in your life who is like the people God is addressing in Isaiah 29?

Pray Isaiah 29:18 and 24 over yourself and those for whom God has appointed you a prayerful, faithful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, ____________ is spiritually deaf and blind. 

Please let them hear the words of Your book. 

Out of their gloom and darkness, let their blind eyes see.

LORD, let those who err in mind know the truth,

and those who criticize accept instruction. 

And Father, if this person is I,

may I repent and return to You with all my heart.

In Your Name, Jesus~”