Revival

Bear with me today. My heart is very heavy for this nation -- for those of us who claim the name of Christ in this nation. We are failing miserably. We are playing church. We are practicing religion. We are not earthen vessels displaying the power of God to a dying nation. We are "bloodguilty". I studied a couple of verses in Isaiah today. Mind you, these are things God said to His people, Israel. He could say these words to His people today as well.

ISAIAH 1
3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

Doth not know mean the obvious plus to perceive and see, find out and discern, to discriminate, distinguish, to know by experience , to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess, to consider, be acquainted with, to have knowledge, be wise

Doth not consider means to discern, understand, to perceive, discern, to understand, know (with the mind) , to observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider, to have insight, to be intelligent, discreet,

Sinful nation means to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness.

Laden with iniquity mean heavy, great, massive, abundant, numerous, dull, hard, difficult, burdensome, very oppressive, numerous, rich... plus perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquityity, consequence of or punishment for iniquity

Seed of evildoers means to be bad, be evil, to be displeasin,to be sad, to be injurious, to be wicked, be evil, to break, shatter, to be broken, be broken in pieces, be broken asunder

Children that are corrupters means to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay, to be marred, be spoiled, be injured, , be rotted, to pervert, corrupt (morally) .

Forsaken the Lord means to leave, loose, forsake, to depart from, leave behind, leave, let alone, to forsake, neglect, apostatise.

Provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger mean (provoked and anger) to spurn, contemn, despise, abhor (spurn – reject with contempt; contemn = look down on with disdain)

Will you join me in prayer for Christians in this nation? We have so much, but we do not know God. We do not consider God. Pray that God will mercifully draw us. Pray that we will no longer be satisfied with playing church. Pray that our praise and programs will be born from hearts that are broken and spirits that are contrite before a Holy God. Are we really ready to meet our Maker and Redeemer? If Christians aren't ready, how much less the rest of the world? They are rejecting Jesus because we are not showing them Jesus. How can they know Him when we don't know Him. How could they desire to be Christians when we even make God sick? We would do well to consider and take heed!

"And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see." (Rev 3:14-18)