“6We have all become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.
We all fade like a leaf,
and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.”
— Isaiah 64:6 (ESV)
Notice how verse six above begins that “we have all become”. This indicates to me that I have turned away from and chose a specific path. I have allowed sin to take hold of me and has taken me “away”. It is on me that I have turned this way and not that the LORD has forsaken me. He has allowed me to be my own and my choice was to turn away from Him.
This is difficult to understand that the LORD allowed me to choose to turn away from Him. Isn’t the LORD supposed to be all loving and to keep me from trials and difficulty. Well, He is really all loving and allows us to be independent thinkers and doers. It is our choice to turn away and He allows us that free choice. The thing is that choices come with consequences and in this instance, the consequence is being carried away by our sin.
But, there is a light at the end of this tunnel of iniquity. The LORD will mold us into that which He would have us be.
“8But now, O Lord, you are our Father;
we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we are all the work of your hand.”
— Isaiah 64:8 (ESV)
When we have given ourselves to the LORD through our hearts acceptance of the salvation He gives, the LORD will form us as His child. He will use His hands to mold me into His vessel and then, as with clay, to solidify my form, I will have to be put into the fire (consequences of my iniquity). I will come out the other side as a vessel for the LORD. But again, as with clay, I will be fragile and will need to continue my belief in Him and His way for me, else I crack. Although, even with the cracks, the LORD will repair me as He again puts me through the fire.
The thing is that it was a choice to turn away from the LORD and I will continue to turn away periodically from the LORD. I am human and have that choice. I have to remember that the LORD is my potter and that I may have just been placed in the fire to be solidified or after repair and that when I come out the other side, I will be strong for the LORD once again.
What is your view of your life after salvation? Are you of the thoughts that you are good and how can the LORD allow you to suffer? What if you were to realize that it is you that have turned away, but the LORD is there to mold you back into the vessel for His glory?
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