March 6 - Isaiah 59

Imagine our world covered in soot and ashes. Everything is so dark that what is beneath, what is true is no longer recognizable. Now, imagine that the soot and ashes are piled on a foot thick... This is the picture of sin...

We've sinned and never repented of our sin.. and then we create lies to cover up the sin by justifying it... (vv. 14-15). Now this present world fights for laws to make legal the sins that are stated so clearly in the Bible - so there is no truth.. Everyone is so blind that they walk around as if they could not see (v. 10) We are so deep in our sin, that we have deceived ourselves... and it seems as if there is no cleaning up this mess that we have made.

Yet, God's arm is not too short to save.

We live in a world of sin -- and sometimes our personal lives are full of sin -- so much that we've hidden ourselves from God like Adam and Eve did - out of shame. And eventually we fall away from God because sometimes it's better in the darkness where we're not exposed.. We feel better about ourselves in the dark..

Maybe it's this world that is so full of deceit, lies and darkness...
Maybe it's your life of sin that has kept you away from God because you feel better about yourself in the darkness of sin and you don't want to expose yourself to God's light..
Maybe you have a friend or a family member who has turned away from God and has resorted to a life of sin..

Whichever it is -- sin separates us from God. God's arm is not too short that He can't get through inches and inches of sinful soot and ashes.. Come to the light.. Come as you are...

This worship song came to mind.. "Come to the Light"

Come to the light

Kevin Prosch

A                         D    A
Well I'm standing here to testify (oh the Lord is good)
  A                 D        A
to sing of how He changed my heart (oh the Lord is good)
A              D        A
I was bound by hate and pride (oh the Lord is good)
A             D       A
never knowing of this light (oh the Lord is good)

A                  D          A
I did not think I could have peace (oh the Lord is good)
A                 D         A
trapped inside by fear and shame (oh the Lord is good)
    A             D    A
You wiped away all of grief (oh the Lord is good)
    A           D         A
when I believed upon Your Name

Chorus:
                D                 A
Come to the light, come as you are
         E                  A
You can be the friend of God.
          D                         A
Humble yourself, give Him your heart.
                E              A
He will meet you, where you are.


                 D                A
Come to the light, just as you are.
                E                     A
Fall on the rock, for the wasted years.
          D                      A
He will restore all that was lost.
         E                      A
Surrender now, His power is here.