Isaiah 59:2
“But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.”
O how horrible the thought that our Heavenly Father would hide His face from us and hear not our prayers!
And why would He do this?
Because of our sins.
Many in modern religion today think that because we are saved by God's grace that we have a free will to do what we want and that because our price was paid for on Calvary that nothing we do can harm our relationship with our God.
God's people will pray and seek His face yet all the while they are living in the most hainess of sinful ways. Yes, we are to go to Him in times of need, but if we are living a life of sin,which most of us are, it must be with a repentive heart first. If it is our iniquities that have separated us from our God then it must be our repenting of those iniquities that brings us back together with our God.
Now, I would remind you here that, this verse is written to God's people. Not to the lost and dying world. But to those that are already saved. For how can one be separated that was not joined to start with?
Why would our Father in Heaven turn His face from us and not hear our prayers? Notice in this verse that He does not say He leaves us. In Hebrews 13:5 He promised never to leave us. No, but it is us who have sinned and caused the separation. It is us that have left our Lord and followed after the sin we once knew.
As the children of God we are commanded to leave our old life of sin and rebellion behind and follow our Lord in a new life of joy and peace and free of sin. Yet as long as we are on this sinful earth and in these sin ravaged bodies we are prone to wander back to the life we once were enslaved to.
Praise God!!! His Son Jesus Christ paid the price and bought us from that old slave master of sin!!! Praise be to God that we no longer are bound to follow that road that leads to death and hell!!!
Then why do we continue to rebel and follow after this old sinful world? Because of the sin of our father Adam that has been passed down from generation to generation. The sin of rebellion against our God. Our wanting to follow after our own “free” will and not follow after the commandments of our loving Heavenly Father. But our will is not as free as we think. We are either bound by sin and death or we are bound to the commandments and life given by our Lord and Savior.
So, even though we are now children of the God of Heaven, the Creator of all things, we still have a desire to be a part of the sin of this world. We still rebel against His commandments. It is a struggle we will have as long as we are on this earth and in these bodies.
What can we do then? What we must do is follow our Lord. As Jacob did, run from evil. Leave our coats in the arms of those who would lead us astray. And even though false accusations may arise against us, keep our eyes on the Lord and He will get the glory for it all.
Follow His commandments and His Word. Seek His face with a repentant heart and ask that He reveal His will to you and to make His will for your life the same that you want for your life. We can have no joy and peace until we are following our Lord and not rebeling with every step we take.
Praise ye the Lord!!!
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