Isaiah 30 ~ Praying Scripture

Please read Isaiah 30.

Meditate on verses 1, 9, and 10.

“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD,

“who execute a plan,

but not Mine,

and make an alliance,

but not of My Spirit,

in order to add sin to sin.”

For this is a rebellious people, false sons,

sons who refuse to listen

to the instruction of the LORD;

who say to the seers,

 “You must not see visions;”

and to the prophets,

“You must not prophesy to us what is right,

speak to us pleasant words, prophesy illusions.”

God’s Word is timeless.  Isaiah was prophesying 2700 years ago, yet these words describe perfectly people living today.  How often do we execute a plan without making sure it is God’s plan for our lives?  How many times do we refuse to listen to the LORD’s instruction?  Do we really want to hear what is right in the sight of Almighty God, or do we just want to hear preaching and teaching that is pleasant to our ears, so we can continue in our illusion that we are doing okay with God instead of seeing ourselves the way God does as rebellious people, even false children, perhaps not a child of God at all?

Evaluate your life in light of the truth of God’s Word.  What is your relationship to Jesus, and is there evidence of that relationship by the way you live?

Pray Isaiah 30:15 and 21 over yourself and those for whom God has appointed you a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, You have said,

‘In repentance and rest you will be saved,

in quietness and trust is your strength.’

Make us willing to live that truth. 

Tune our ears to hear and obey Your Word that says,

‘This is the way, walk in it,’

whenever we turn to the right or to the left.

In Your Name, Jesus~”