Being Fed: Seeking Justice and Righteousness

…Gracious and loving God, we come before you today, prepared to hear words for our lives in this time and place. We know that our honest and faithful following of your Son is what will bring us into glory in our due time. So, we ask in the coming moments, help us to clear our minds to focus solely on your words for each of us this day, to filter out all that is going on around us so that we can clearly hear your voice in our ears, and most importantly to reorient our hearts upon You and Your Son so that we can live completely into the life you have in store for us, Amen.

Over the last few weeks, we have been discovering some very hard truths about our lives and how we live out our faith. Today is going to be no different in that aspect. However, we will shift this morning just a little bit from studying the life of Christ to studying a little bit of what Isaiah recorded for the Israelites of his time. In order for us to make that shift, we need to do a little background. But before we get there, let’s contemplate this...

Does this sound familiar?