Christian Commentary Encouraging Devotions

Wash and make yourselves clean.

Take your evil deeds out of my sight!

Stop doing wrong, learn to do right!

Seek justice, encourage the oppressed.

Defend the cause of the fatherless,

plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:16-17

These are God's priorities.

Clean up your act in other words.

In the last days... Isaiah 2:2

Do not call conspiracy everything that these people call conspiracy;

always afraid somebody is plotting against them,

do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it.

The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,

he is the one you are to fear. Isaiah 8:12-13

I will trust and not be afraid.

The Lord, the Lord is my strength and my song;

he has become my salvation. Isaiah 12:2

The Lord Almighty has sworn,

Surely, as I have planned, so it will be,

and as I have purposed, so it will stand.

This is the plan determined for the whole world.

For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? Isaiah 14:24-27

You will keep in perfect peace

him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.

People with their minds set on you, you keep completely whole,

Steady on their feet, because they keep at it and don't quit.

Depend on God and keep at it

because in the Lord God you have a sure thing. Isaiah 26:3

The path of the righteous is level;

O upright One, you make the way of the righteous smooth. Isaiah 26:7

In repentance and rest is your salvation,

in quietness and trust is your strength.

Stop your silly efforts to save yourselves.

Your strength will come from settling down

in complete dependence on me (God). Isaiah 30:15

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying,

"This is the way; walk in it." Isaiah 30:21

Don't you want that kind of guidance?

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help,

(Remember..."Egypt" is a type of the world, i.e. the world system.)

who rely on horses,

who trust in the multitude of their chariots

and in the great strength of their horsemen,

but do not look to the Holy One of Israel,

or seek help from the Lord.

Not so much as a prayer to God.

The Egyptians are men and not God;

their horses are flesh and not spirit. Isaiah 31:1

Return to him. Isaiah 31:6

The fruit of righteousness will be peace;

the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.

My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes,

in undisturbed places of rest. Isaiah 32:17-18

Sound good?

He who walks righteously and speaks what is right,

who rejects gain from extortion

and keeps his hand from accepting bribes,

who stops his ears against plots of murder

and shuts his eyes against contemplating evil-

this is the man who will dwell on the heights,

whose refuge will be the mountain fortress.

This is how you raise your standard of living!

His bread will be supplied, and water will not fail him. Isaiah 33:15-16

And here's an interesting one to meditate on...

No one living in Zion (i.e. in obedience to God's ways as outlined)

will say, "I am ill". Isaiah 33:24

God said it.

No one living in Zion will say, "I'm sick."

Hmmmm.