Isaiah 29 - Praying God's Word

Please read Isaiah 29.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/isa/29/1/s_708001

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 pronounced a woe to Ariel (Jerusalem). The people performed their religious rituals, but they were not reading and understanding the Word of God. They removed their hearts far from the LORD.

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

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

“LORD, remove spiritual deafness from ____________ and me.

 Let us hear the Words of Your Book. 

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

Let us not err in mind but know the truth.

Help us not criticize but accept instruction. 

In Your name, Jesus~”

The Watchman on the Wall ~Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell