“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your
doings from before My eyes! Cease to do evil, Learn to do right! Seek
justice, relieve the oppressed, and correct the oppressor. Defend the
fatherless, plead for the widow.” Isaiah 1:16-17 AMP
All through His word, God calls us to look beyond ourselves. Scripture after scripture have jumped off the page to remind me of this so much lately. Nothing that we do can EVER earn salvation, that is a miraculous free gift from God. But as His children, He calls us to take action.
"External religious worship [religion
as it is expressed in outward acts] that is pure and unblemished in the
sight of God the Father is this: to visit and help and care for the
orphans and widows in their affliction and need, and to keep oneself
unspotted and uncontaminated from the world." James 1:27 AMP
So I guess I have arrived at the point in my life where I love God soooooo much that I can't keep ignoring what He calls all of us to do... defend the fatherless, care for the orphans, for how will they find any hope but the hope in Jesus? Oh, how I have been shown the Father's heart!
He loves them so - just as He loves us. How can we not hear their cries?
I am really feeling like He is about to do amazing things! I can't wait to post about His praises as they become revealed to me!
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