Daily D – Isaiah 65:1-2

by David Bowman | May 5, 2024 | Daily D | 0 comments

Isaiah 65:1, 2
“I was sought by those who did not ask;
I was found by those who did not seek me.
I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’
to a nation that did not call on my name.
I spread out my hands all day long
to a rebellious people
who walk in the path that is not good,
following their own thoughts.“ (CSB)

The Lord says,

“I was ready to respond, but no one asked for help.
I was ready to be found, but no one was looking for me.
I said, ‘Here I am, here I am!’
to a nation that did not call on my name.
All day long I opened my arms to a rebellious people.
But they follow their own evil paths
and their own crooked schemes.“ (NLT)

—

Ollie the Border Collie’s three favorite words are, “Are you ready?”

Anytime he hears this question, he is up and ready. Every time. Always. Is it an adventure? Is it work? Does it involve a tennis ball? Are we taking a walk? Are we going for boarding?

Whenever I ask, wherever we’re bound, Ollie is ready.

If we had the intelligence of a border collie, we would respond to God in the same manner. Whatever God wants, that’s what we want. Wherever he wants to go, we want to go with him. Whatever he wants to do, that’s what we want to do.

God tells us in these verses and this chapter how he was ready to respond to his people’s needs, but they didn’t bother to ask for help. He was ready to save, deliver, and heal them. They were not ready to do his will his way in his timing. Other matters were more urgent.

I wonder, have I ever allowed something to be more urgent than knowing and experiencing God? You can answer this question for me, and I can most likely answer it for you. Of course, I have. Of course, you have. That was then. This is now. Today, what could be more urgent than turning to our Father in Heaven to seek his will and ways?

Today is Sunday when we gather with others who seek to express our love and gratitude to God in worship. We gather to learn more about his nature and character. We seek him together so that we may join him in his work of beautifying his world with works of grace, mercy, and compassion.

God tells us he is ready to be found, ready to respond, ready to change our lives for the better forever.

Are you ready?

Ollie said, “Yes!”

—

I will join with those who are ready to accept God’s gracious offer of a better life.

—

Our Father, whatever you want, that’s what I want, too. Wherever you lead, I’ll go. Whatever you say, I’ll do. Amen.

0 Comments

Submit a Comment Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

CONNECT WITH ME!

Interested in learning more about Church Unique or Life Younique? Send a note through the Get In Touch box or Message me through the Facebook link above.

GET IN TOUCH!

READ MY BLOG!

Daily D – Mark 9:33-37

Mark 9:33-37 They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” But they were silent, because on the way they had been arguing with one another about who was the greatest. Sitting down, he called the Twelve and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be last and servant of all.” He took a child, had him stand among them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever welcomes one little child such as this in my name welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me does not welcome me, but him who sent me.”

Daily D – Psalm 97:11

Psalm 97:11 Light dawns for the righteous, gladness for the upright in heart.

Daily D – Mark 3:1-6

Mark 3:1-6 Jesus entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a shriveled hand. In order to accuse him, they were watching him closely to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath. He told the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand before us.” Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. After looking around at them with anger, he was grieved at the hardness of their hearts and told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. Immediately the Pharisees went out and started plotting with the Herodians against him, how they might kill him.

Daily D – Mark 2:1-5

Mark 2:1-5 When he entered Capernaum again after some days, it was reported that he was at home. So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and he was speaking the word to them. They came to him bringing a paralytic, carried by four of them. Since they were not able to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and after digging through it, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying. Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

Daily D – Matthew 27:54

Matthew 27:54 When the centurion and those with him, who were keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”