Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"At Your presence"
Text: Isaiah 64:1
THE PRESENCE OF GOD
Isaiah raised up another prayer to the LORD. This was an impassioned plea to God to make His presence felt by all!
“Oh, that You would rend the heavens!
That You would come down!
That the mountains might shake at Your presence—
As fire burns brushwood,
As fire causes water to boil—
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the nations may tremble at Your presence!
When You did awesome things for which we did not look,
You came down,
The mountains shook at Your presence.”
Isaiah 64:1-3
1. The presence of God.
a) This was felt when God descended on Mount Sinai (Exodus 19-20).
b) His glorious Presence caused Mount Sinai to quake.
c) Isaiah pleaded with the LORD to rend the heavens to make His Presence felt.
2. God’s Presence made known to the nations.
a) This was what Isaiah dearly pleaded for.
b) The nations did not fear God.
i) They had little knowledge of the LORD.
ii) They had even lesser regard for Him.
c) The nations ought to tremble before the LORD.
3. The name of the LORD.
a) It should be proclaimed to the nations.
b) His mighty name ought to be feared:
i) As fire burns the brushwood.
ii) As fire that makes the water boil.
iii) As these elements fear the power of fire, so should all nations tremble at the mighty presence of the LORD.
4. The awesome works of God.
a) The Presence of God caused the mountains to shake.
b) The LORD had done awesome things in the past even when Israel had not asked for them.
c) Isaiah’s plea was to have God make His Presence known and felt, especially by all the Gentile nations.