The Proper Direction

 

“Come now, let us reason together,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”

—Isaiah 1:18

The opening words of the Scripture verse at the beginning of this blog post seems quite out of place in our current society. The whole idea that people might confront each other and, instead of fighting or using harsh words, might decide to “reason together.” At least from my vantage point, there is very little reasoning together going on these days.

When we consider that these words through the Prophet Isaiah actually come directly from God, the words become all the more amazing. This verse actually follows a somewhat longer soliloquy where God begins to share an important message with the people in the southern kingdom of Judah. The six verses that proceed the featured verse above read as follows:

“When you come to appear before me, who has required of you this trampling of my courts? Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations—I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.

“When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood. Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause.”

This is clearly a call from God, asking His people to confess their sins, repent of those sins, and make restitution for those sins through obedience to His perfect will. This is what the Word of the Lord does: it calls us to action—an action in accordance with God’s divine and perfect will for us.

Today, in the United States of America, we need to carefully and intently read and heed God’s written Word. We need to meditate on what God’s written Word instructs us to do. Then, we need to faithfully and obediently do exactly what God’s written Word tells us to do. That, my dear ones, is the formula to turn our sinful and darkened nation around. We need to return to God and humbly ask for Him to set all things in the proper direction.

 

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