Isaiah 64 - Praying God's Word

Please read Isaiah 64.

Meditate on verse 6.

For all of us have become like one who is unclean,

and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment,

and all of us wither like a leaf,

and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

Two thousand years ago, your Savior literally sweat blood for you. Why did He sweat blood as He prayed in agony for God’s will to be done? Was it because He dreaded the beatings? Was it because He dreaded death by crucifixion? Or did another reality torment Him?

Memorize and meditate on this verse for the rest of eternity:

He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf

so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

—2 Corinthians 5:21

Jesus, the perfect, sinless Son of God did not just wear your sin 2,000 years ago; He literally BECAME your sin. No wonder God the Father had to forsake Him. He actually WAS your sin, shame, and guilt. Why? Why would the God of the universe BECOME everything that is detestable about you? So that you could literally, actually, in reality, BECOME righteousness! If you are in Christ, you ARE the righteousness of God. Just like Christ did not simply wear your sins on the cross, you do not simply wear God’s righteousness; you ARE His righteousness!

Live this truth for the rest of your days. You ARE the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. There should be no doubt by the way you think, talk, and act who you ARE.

Pray Isaiah 64:5 and 9 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, You meet _______ and me

 who rejoice in doing righteousness,

who remember You in Your ways.

You were angry when we sinned

and continued in them a long time.

Thank You for saving us.

Thank You for not being angry beyond measure.

Thank You for not remembering our iniquity forever.

Thank You for making us Your people.

In Your name, Jesus~”

The WATCHMAN on the WALL – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell