Isaiah 59:1 (NRSV)
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Chapter 59See, the Lord's hand is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.
Devotion
Isaiah dispels a myth that we often all too easily believe, that when God feels so far away it is because God has left us. On the contrary, Isaiah tells us that there is no place we can go where God cannot go, and no whisper in the night that God cannot hear. It is not God that has put distance between us, but we distance ourselves in sin. Yet God is there. Always.
Prayer
Lord, we have built barriers of sin around us and at times wonder where you are and why you cannot hear us. Break them down for us, and open our ears to hear your word. Amen.