Sin causes us to do both small and big things that are unjust in the Lord's eyes. A simple lie or a murder are the same level in the Lord's eyes. Just like when we accepted Jesus as our Saviour, we need to confess that we are weak and broken, and with the Lord's forgiveness and grace we are wiped clean and our records are cleared.
Reading these several chapters brings me joy to know that if I have the same spiritual discipline and reverence for the Lord, then God will also endow me with peace and an overflow of love and grace.
Isaiah 60:20
Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more; the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end.
No longer do I have to worry about the darkness that may misguide me because I have the light of the Spirit guiding me every step of the way.
Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,
We have nothing to fear with the Spirit in us. The wisdom and knowledge will come and the words will flow, as long as we have the right intention of love to share the Good News to the unreached and oppressed. Everywhere we go is a mission field where the work of the Lord can be done.
Isaiah 61:10-11
I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. For as the soil makes the sprout come on and a garden causes seeds to grow so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations.
The fact that I have been saved and purchased by Christ's blood as He was put on the cross is a driving factor for me to continue living out a God-glorifying life. God didn't have to adopt me into His family as His daughter yet He did choose me to be one of them. Otherwise, I would have been on my way to hell with the other sinners and forever live in eternal pain and condemnation. It's scary to think about how it's like but by His grace and mercy I can look towards a bigger prize than anything on this earth: eternal life in heaven with God. As we continue to place God and seek Him first, He will plant seeds in us that will grow to become the fruit of good labour in the Lord. Righteousness and praise will also be a result of the transformative nature of God on us.
The reminder: Be humble as you receive blessings, for it is by His grace that we can continue living today as Christ followers. Rejoice in the Lord in every moment as His work upon us should be evident.
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