Is. 63,64; Ps. 107; John 2

Isaiah 64:1-2


1 Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence— 2 As fire burns brushwood, As fire causes water to boil— To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence!

Have you ever felt like Isaiah? You know there’s some arrogant non-believer who proudly mocks God and you think “God if you would only do something that shakes his false confidence. That is what is going on with Isaiah. He is praying, Oh God “that You would come down! Make your name known to your Adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence!” In other words scare the snot out of them God. I am tired of your name being dishonored. Show them how powerful you are and scare them into repentance. I have wanted God to do that more than once. But God doesn’t respond to Isaiah’s prayer and he doesn’t respond to our prayer that way. Instead he sends His love in the form of His son and today he send His love in the form of follower of Christ. God can always use his power, but that only goes against His ultimate object and that is to give people the free will to choose Him. Besides if God just got converts because they were scared of him, they wouldn’t be true converts, the scripture says “it is the love of God that leads to repentance”. And the most powerful thing in the world is God’s love. The God of Islam is a God of fear but the Almighty God is a God of love. Will the arrogant sinner ever face the reality of God? Yes, they will face God after they have continued to reject his love they will eventually face His wrath. In the mean time we persuade people to turn from God’s wrath unto God’s Love.

Pastor Rick