Wash you, make you clean;
put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes;
cease to do evil;Learn to do well;
seek judgment,
relieve the oppressed,
judge the fatherless,
plead for the widow.
Isaiah 1:16-17
put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes;
cease to do evil;Learn to do well;
seek judgment,
relieve the oppressed,
judge the fatherless,
plead for the widow.
Isaiah 1:16-17
Annalee: It time for action. It's time to get up and help the world.
Mama: Yes. At this time in history, God wasn't wanting the religiousness of Israel. He wanted their hearts. However, sin ran rampant and people weren't listening to God. They were merely just doing religious duties with out a clean lifestyle or a heart for God. Isaiah was a prophet-a spokes man between God and man and throughout this book, He is going to tell the people what God's heart is for them. So lets look at these a little closer.
Annalee: I like
"Wash you and make you Clean and put away the evil of your doing before my eyes."
This is an encouragement to do the right thing when we feel tempted to do the wrong.
This personally helped me today to stop giving into temptation, bad decisions and laziness, to do the right thing and not to be wasting my day doing something wrong . So i got inspired to please God throughout the rest of my day and listening to the Holy Spirit.
If you've read earlier posts that we have been doing you probably have seen that i love simple commands and short statements so when i come across verses like this it simple,short and gets to the point as seen in this below:
cease to do evil;Learn to do well;
seek judgment,
relieve the oppressed,
judge the fatherless,
plead for the widow.
My opinion
Meaning lets have the right heart stop in your tracks of evildoing and turn to do the right thing!
Encourage and speak into the oppressed!
Defend the orphans!
beg for the widows NIV says plead the case of the widow. Help the widows!
♡'s
-annalee
Mama: You got it. God wanted the people first of all to Repent.
1. Repent means to turn away. For Christians, it means get right with God. How? We are to get rid of a lifestyle of sin. God says to put away the evil from your eyes. Interesting that in 1 John is says, "Lust of the eyes." How many things get us into trouble simply because we first "saw" them. Think about it. If you never saw an advertisement in a magazine, if you never saw someone wearing the latest fashion, or saw the brand new car, toy, or computer gadget would you even want it? Nope. Right, so many sins starts with what we are looking at.
2. Then once our relationships are right with God, we can have right relationships with people. You see, God gives us a heart for others. If He didn't we would just freely do our own thing and not care about anyone else. So here are somethings listed that God would be pleased with.
Seek Justice
Micah 6:8 says it this way
He has shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the LORD require of you
But to do justly,
To love mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?
Defend the Oppressed
Help others
Take up the cause of the Fatherless
Please the case of the widow.
Jesus said and we used to sing as a kid, "If you want to be great in God's Kingdom, learn to be the servant of all."
That's the heart God is looking for in all of us. Servant hearted. Jesus was the greatest example for us to follow. He washed His disciples feet. He healed and ministered to the outcasts. He died for us all to have life.
Is your heart right before God today?
That's were it all starts.
God says to put away the evil and put on the Holy Spirit. Come clean today.
Then He will fill you up with a heart to serve others.
The Greatest of all Commandments.
Love God; Love Others
Blessings
Mama: Yes. At this time in history, God wasn't wanting the religiousness of Israel. He wanted their hearts. However, sin ran rampant and people weren't listening to God. They were merely just doing religious duties with out a clean lifestyle or a heart for God. Isaiah was a prophet-a spokes man between God and man and throughout this book, He is going to tell the people what God's heart is for them. So lets look at these a little closer.
Annalee: I like
"Wash you and make you Clean and put away the evil of your doing before my eyes."
This is an encouragement to do the right thing when we feel tempted to do the wrong.
This personally helped me today to stop giving into temptation, bad decisions and laziness, to do the right thing and not to be wasting my day doing something wrong . So i got inspired to please God throughout the rest of my day and listening to the Holy Spirit.
If you've read earlier posts that we have been doing you probably have seen that i love simple commands and short statements so when i come across verses like this it simple,short and gets to the point as seen in this below:
cease to do evil;Learn to do well;
seek judgment,
relieve the oppressed,
judge the fatherless,
plead for the widow.
My opinion
Meaning lets have the right heart stop in your tracks of evildoing and turn to do the right thing!
Encourage and speak into the oppressed!
Defend the orphans!
beg for the widows NIV says plead the case of the widow. Help the widows!
♡'s
-annalee
Mama: You got it. God wanted the people first of all to Repent.
1. Repent means to turn away. For Christians, it means get right with God. How? We are to get rid of a lifestyle of sin. God says to put away the evil from your eyes. Interesting that in 1 John is says, "Lust of the eyes." How many things get us into trouble simply because we first "saw" them. Think about it. If you never saw an advertisement in a magazine, if you never saw someone wearing the latest fashion, or saw the brand new car, toy, or computer gadget would you even want it? Nope. Right, so many sins starts with what we are looking at.
2. Then once our relationships are right with God, we can have right relationships with people. You see, God gives us a heart for others. If He didn't we would just freely do our own thing and not care about anyone else. So here are somethings listed that God would be pleased with.
Seek Justice
Micah 6:8 says it this way
He has shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the LORD require of you
But to do justly,
To love mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?
Defend the Oppressed
Help others
Take up the cause of the Fatherless
Please the case of the widow.
Jesus said and we used to sing as a kid, "If you want to be great in God's Kingdom, learn to be the servant of all."
That's the heart God is looking for in all of us. Servant hearted. Jesus was the greatest example for us to follow. He washed His disciples feet. He healed and ministered to the outcasts. He died for us all to have life.
Is your heart right before God today?
That's were it all starts.
God says to put away the evil and put on the Holy Spirit. Come clean today.
Then He will fill you up with a heart to serve others.
The Greatest of all Commandments.
Love God; Love Others
Blessings
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