Isaiah 1:11 was like a rude shock to me. More like a tight slap actually. Yup I've been reading through Isaiah.
Here goes:
"The multitude of your sacrifices -- what are they to me?" says the Lord. "I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of fattened animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats." - Isaiah 1:11
What I got from this passage was about sacrifices, and the meaning behind each and every sacrifice you make. Everytime you serve, you sacrifice something for God. Be it your time, your energy, your focus. You incur opportunity cost.
But whenever you serve with the wrong purpose, this is what God's response will be. The Israelites just sacrificed without hearts of repentance, sacrificing just for ritual's sake. The meaning of the sacrifice was lost. Like them, my service these days have lost this focus.
But this portion reminded me that I have a great God who forgives all who really are sorry for what they've done.
"Come now, let us reason together," says the Lord. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall me as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool." - Isaiah 1:18
I'm relieved.
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Have been reading Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life by Donald S Whitney, evaluating my own faith now. And there are a couple of things really good, others a bit lacking.
For today, I'm actually really glad that I hafta skip Youth Alpha. Because in my current spiritual condition, I shouldn't be serving as of yet. This break will be taken into good use to improve myself. To be a good servant, leader, and soldier.
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Besides that. For all manga readers, I've found a great site for manga. Maybe I'm slow in finding it but this is the good site:
www.onemanga.com
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Slack week ahead. Guard duty on wednesday. X(
Here goes:
"The multitude of your sacrifices -- what are they to me?" says the Lord. "I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of fattened animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats." - Isaiah 1:11
What I got from this passage was about sacrifices, and the meaning behind each and every sacrifice you make. Everytime you serve, you sacrifice something for God. Be it your time, your energy, your focus. You incur opportunity cost.
But whenever you serve with the wrong purpose, this is what God's response will be. The Israelites just sacrificed without hearts of repentance, sacrificing just for ritual's sake. The meaning of the sacrifice was lost. Like them, my service these days have lost this focus.
But this portion reminded me that I have a great God who forgives all who really are sorry for what they've done.
"Come now, let us reason together," says the Lord. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall me as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool." - Isaiah 1:18
I'm relieved.
***
Have been reading Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life by Donald S Whitney, evaluating my own faith now. And there are a couple of things really good, others a bit lacking.
For today, I'm actually really glad that I hafta skip Youth Alpha. Because in my current spiritual condition, I shouldn't be serving as of yet. This break will be taken into good use to improve myself. To be a good servant, leader, and soldier.
***
Besides that. For all manga readers, I've found a great site for manga. Maybe I'm slow in finding it but this is the good site:
www.onemanga.com
***
Slack week ahead. Guard duty on wednesday. X(
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