Isaiah Prayer

5.1.08
7:15 a.m.
Caribou on Eerie

This is what the LORD says—your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb:

“I am the LORD, who has made all things,
who alone stretched out the heavens,
who spread out the earth by myself,
who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners,
who overthrows the learning of the wise and turns it into nonsense,
who carries out the words of his servants
and fulfills the predictions of his messengers,

who says of Jerusalem, ‘It shall be inhabited,’
of the towns of Judah, ‘They shall be built,’
and of their ruins, ‘I will restore them,’
who says to the watery deep, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your streams,’
who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd and will accomplish all that I please’
he will say of Jerusalem, ‘Let it be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, “let its foundations be laid.’”

-Isa. 44:24-28

Lord, thank You for the book of Isaiah, for the promises within it. Please plant its truths deeply in my soul, and bring them to my mind hour by hour. Sometimes it’s easy to trust in your promises and sometimes it’s hard. Teach me to be faithful through the small struggles in my life, the ones that are actually quite laughable, so that I may know how to trust you when big problems come.

Powerful and loving God, I cannot comprehend your greatness! I sit in a coffee shop on the side of a spinning planet that you created, pondering my life and reading your promises. I am small, and my life is small—a mist that appears for a while and then vanishes. This is comforting, Lord. I’m not such a big deal after all, so I shouldn’t worry so much.

Lord, I ask for your renewal, for fresh faith and fresh perspective on the situations I’ve been thinking about day after day. Please help me not to get caught up in selfish thinking, but rather to entrust my worries to you minute by minute and model Jesus by looking outward to the needs of others.