May 9, 2025

RETURN AND GROAN

Isaiah 30:15

For thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel: “When you return and groan, then you will be saved and know where you were. When you trusted in vain things, vain was your strength, and you did not will to listen.”

Personal Challenge

As a country that was founded on Godly principles, we should take a lesson from the early Jewish nation. God blesses those who pursue Him and His righteousness. He does not bless those who build, or follow, false spirituality. Righteousness, and therefore, a Christ-centered mindset, cannot be legislated or forced. It only comes from humbly abandoning our evil ways, returning to God, and groaning (confessing)our sins. This is repentence and it is not only needed individually but corporately as well. When we put our trust in vain things, those things that are apart from God, then all else will be in vain. Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy!