Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down,
that the mountains would tremble before you!
As when fire sets twigs ablaze
and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name known to your enemies
and cause the nations to quake before you!
and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name known to your enemies
and cause the nations to quake before you!
For when you did awesome things that we did not expect,
you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.
you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.
Since ancient times no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.
You come to the help of those who gladly do right,
who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
you were angry.
How then can we be saved?
who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
you were angry.
How then can we be saved?
All of us have become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,
and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,
and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
No one calls on your name
or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us
and have given us over to our sins.
or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us
and have given us over to our sins.
Yet you, Lord, are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand.
Do not be angry beyond measure, Lord; We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand.
do not remember our sins forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
for we are all your people.
When do you cry out for help in frustration?
Looking for God’s intervention in their world requires:
- Looking back to the powerful deeds of God in the past (v 3-5)
- Confessing their rejection of God (v 6-7)
- Surrendering to the work of God in their life (v8 – 9)
What do you call on God to do in your life, the lives of others and for the whole world?
As you call out, are you willing for God to act in a decisive and earth shattering way in the world and life?
Jesus continually confronts us with radical ideas
Matt 5:44; Matt 10:35; Luke 18:22
Growing Disciples are people who pray earnestly and often that God will rock their world in ways that they cannot ever hope to imagine.
Spend some time considering how open you are to God transforming your life and world in ways that you can’t control?
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