God led me to this verse the other day in Isaiah:
Isaiah 52:1-2
“Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion;
put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city;
for there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised
and the unclean.
Shake yourself from the dust and arise;
be seated, O Jerusalem;
loose the bonds from your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion.”
Somtimes I feel that last line describes me "O captive daughter of Zion", captive in the struggles I face when I'm not looking to God to lead me. I feel like the "beautiful garments" He is urging Zion to put on, for me, are the things that God has created in me to be beautiful, that sin has perverted. Parts of me that God wants to use to further His glory and yet sin is constantly trying to ravish, and when I give in, I only make it worse. When it says "loose the bonds from your neck" and "shake off the dust"---it gives me so much encouragement, reminding me that God set me free when He sent Jesus Christ to die on the cross and there is so much beauty in that.
May He set you free.
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Hmm, i really appreciate your thoughts. i never thought about "captivity" quite in that way before. thanks. peace and love.
loose the bonds from your neck O captive daughter of zion is my favourite verse.
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