Read Isa. 59:1-8
God is always ready to save us and his ear is listening for our cries, but sin is what keeps God back from being able to move on our behalf. The Israelites were enslaved in Babylon and wondered why God didn’t deliver them. God sent Isaiah to let them know why he wasn’t coming to their rescue. They had killed, lied, and spoken wrongly. Their judgments were not fair, they had forsaken truth for lies, they premeditated sin and were reaping its rewards. Their evil ways were like snake eggs and spider’s webs. When the snake eggs burst open the viper comes out. Evil always multiplies. Sin is like a spider’s web that gets more and more complicated and traps innocent people in its strings. They had become so accustom to a lifestyle of sin that they were driven to sin and it just got worse and more destructive. They had forgotten what the peace of God even felt like. They had lost conviction, and wrong had become right.
How many times do we see this happen in our own lives. We do something and feel convicted but if we don’t turn from it and repent, then we start rationalizing and start comparing sins. We can always find some way to justify sin but if we do, then we blind ourselves to God’s righteousness and soon we have become totally blinded to truth and fallen for the lie.
Lord, show us the ways we have compromised your Word and help us to turn to you in spirit and in truth.
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