In this episode, we begin the journey of taking a deeper look at what Isaiah 55:6-9 is truly teaching.
Verse six begins with an instruction to “Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near.”
First, you can’t get more “near” to God than His presence within you. God has inherently placed Himself within the human mind, which is where He desires to be experienced in the most intimate way possible as your Creator, Father, Guide, and teaching Spirit.
In this revelatory verse, the word “call” is not an instruction to verbally call the Lord to get His attention. Instead, according to the Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible. The word “call” is defined as “to come together to meet.” In other words, it’s an invitation to meet with God within your mind through thought-filled conversations and personalized discipleship.
According to verses 7-9, these meetings with God within your mind have a dual purpose. First, it’s to express His mercy and pardon towards you. He does this by informing you what your “wicked ways” and “unrighteous thoughts” are so that you can “forsake” and replace them with His “righteous” thoughts and ways.
From its ancient Hebrew perspective, the word “thoughts” within these passages of Scripture is the Hebrew expression machăshâbâh machăshebeth. Machashebeth is described as “purposes, intention, and plans.” Machashabah is described as cunning or skillful works/assignments. The word “ways” from verse eight concerning “God’s ways” is the Hebrew word derek. It is defined as “the course or path of life.”
The second purpose of these meetings with God, is for Him to reveal and teach you His specific purposes, will, and plans (His ways) for every aspect of your life and the works/assignments required to fulfill them.
Now that we know that God speaks and teaches through “thoughts” concerning the topics of purpose, intention (His will), plans, and specific works. And since our minds are filled with numerous thought processes, how do we “discern” which of our thoughts are God’s, our own, or from another source?
Stay tuned to the next few episodes as we explore answers to this vital question…
Isaiah 55:6-9 6: “Seek the LORD while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near. 7: Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. 8: For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord.:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.”
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