7 But the Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
Isaiah 50:7
Last night I was sitting outside enjoying the cool evening that was a real treat for Richmond in August. I grew up where cool evenings were very common and you could see a plentitude of stars. Yet where I am in Richmond I couldn't even see one star; partly due to the cloudy skies of the day, but this made me think about the times that from where we are we really can't see God working. Or there are times we are so stuck in our sin that we cannot see God's grace. We look and try to seek it out but something keeps us stuck in our pitiful state, yet praise God that he is a graceful God who takes pity on poor sinners and moves to a place that the clouds of sin and lights of this world no longer block out the glories of himself. We know that our God is faithful, we have the history of God working and saving men to be a testimony for his faithfulnesses. The question is will you and I seek the Lord's help in moving us from our spot of spiritual lukewarm light into glory of a life that is in constant view of his grace? Will we be like Isaiah and make our faces like flint, because our Lord is faithful, that his home is in heaven and he does all that he pleases? We can stand strong because our foundation is not ourselves but on the finished work of Christ.
Isaiah 50:7
Last night I was sitting outside enjoying the cool evening that was a real treat for Richmond in August. I grew up where cool evenings were very common and you could see a plentitude of stars. Yet where I am in Richmond I couldn't even see one star; partly due to the cloudy skies of the day, but this made me think about the times that from where we are we really can't see God working. Or there are times we are so stuck in our sin that we cannot see God's grace. We look and try to seek it out but something keeps us stuck in our pitiful state, yet praise God that he is a graceful God who takes pity on poor sinners and moves to a place that the clouds of sin and lights of this world no longer block out the glories of himself. We know that our God is faithful, we have the history of God working and saving men to be a testimony for his faithfulnesses. The question is will you and I seek the Lord's help in moving us from our spot of spiritual lukewarm light into glory of a life that is in constant view of his grace? Will we be like Isaiah and make our faces like flint, because our Lord is faithful, that his home is in heaven and he does all that he pleases? We can stand strong because our foundation is not ourselves but on the finished work of Christ.
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