Isaiah 66v2

(You can download the song from the end of this post or from the player.)

This was another verse in the series of verses we used for High School Camp at LWBC. It was a nice surprise for me. Most of us in church circles know Micah 6v8 as a good little song verse that talks about what God accepts and wants in a few quick words. But Isaiah 66v2 was a out of left field for me. And look at the verse, it says some really cool things for us to do and be:

2 All these things my hand has made,
and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
But this is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.

There is such a sense of meekness that God is looking for here. God is great, and he knows it. He made all that we see (and don’t). Humility is such a great trait to have. We see in Philipians 2 how our Lord Jesus was humble to the utmost, putting others above himself even when he knew he was truly of better character than the others around him.

The word contrite is sometime translated ‘smitten’ or ‘lame’. It really points to an understanding of not being high browed. This is too often where we might find ourselves, thinking we are better than others or even God. Instead, knowing where our place is, that we aren’t God and we can take a view that we are lame compared to him, we end up in a place where we can listen, serve and be who we are meant to be.

If you tremble at God’s word, you will obey it. Respect in English is a funny word. It has a value of honor, but it also has a value of awe. And true awesomeness deserves respect. That is what our God is, AWESOME.

In light of all these great things, I put this verse to a fun tune in hopes that it would be easy to learn and fun to sing from time to time.  My hope is that you can: Download it. Share it. Sing it. Play it. (and it will be memorized :-)

Here is the song: Isaiah 66v2

Peace,

Joey

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