You come to the help of those who gladly do right, who remember your ways. – Isaiah 64:5A
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The plea here is that God would intervene from heaven. The praying one trusts that as he waits the Lord will come to his rescue, He will answer. There is special blessing for those who wait. Most of us would much rather be doing and working for the Lord than waiting. Waiting is not easy.
The one praying realises that the obstacle to God meeting us and answering our prayer is our own unrighteousness. Our righteousness is like filthy rags before the Lord (v6). Our sin is unacceptable and unworthy before the Lord. “Under the Jewish law you know that when a person was unclean, he could not go up to the house of the Lord. He could offer no sacrifice. God could accept nothing at his hands; he was an outcast and an alien so long as he remained unclean.” (Spurgeon).
Recognizing the futility of the situation, the praying one is desperate. The plea is for the mercy of God, because the truth is that the justice of God condemns him. He pleads that God have mercy as a loving father (v8). A father is always a father who cannot truly disown his children, no matter what.
Then the one praying moves to the acknowledging the sovereignty of God and says, ‘we are the clay and you are our potter.’ Essentially, he is saying Lord we are like clay in your hands, deal with us gently, mould us according to your mercy (v8).
The posture of the one praying is of desperation, humility, recognizing the deep need for God’s mercy, forgiveness and grace. What is your posture in prayer?
Lord may I never take lightly my own unrighteousness and need for your loving forgiveness each day, I pray.
Extended Reading – Isaiah 64-66
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