Isaiah 64:4
written at Sunday, January 13, 2013
The Bible is clear about the many different verses around the topic of service, servant-hood, and a servant-heart unto God. There are, however, these verses below which seem, at least at first, to mean otherwise.
How do we reconcile the verses from Acts 17:25? "“God is not served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.”Or Mark 10:45, "“The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
But there is this verse as well which seems to tie these verses in the right light, and that is an encouragement for us. Isaiah 64:4: “From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him.”
"The glory of God's self-sufficient power and wisdom shines most brightly not when He looks like he depends on the work of others, but when He makes plain that He himself does the work." - Piper
It is an amazing insight about prayer and service, I pray "Lord may you be glorified in my service to You and Your people", and maybe now I would better understand what it means to pray that. Because he invites us all to cast our anxieties on Him, to make our requests known to God, and this invitation by God takes on a life-giving powerful truth which shifts perspectives and transforms lives when we begin to even start to fathom God's glory, power, and wisdom.
Isaiah 64:4
written at Sunday, January 13, 2013
The Bible is clear about the many different verses around the topic of service, servant-hood, and a servant-heart unto God. There are, however, these verses below which seem, at least at first, to mean otherwise.
How do we reconcile the verses from Acts 17:25? "“God is not served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.”Or Mark 10:45, "“The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
But there is this verse as well which seems to tie these verses in the right light, and that is an encouragement for us. Isaiah 64:4: “From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him.”
"The glory of God's self-sufficient power and wisdom shines most brightly not when He looks like he depends on the work of others, but when He makes plain that He himself does the work." - Piper
It is an amazing insight about prayer and service, I pray "Lord may you be glorified in my service to You and Your people", and maybe now I would better understand what it means to pray that. Because he invites us all to cast our anxieties on Him, to make our requests known to God, and this invitation by God takes on a life-giving powerful truth which shifts perspectives and transforms lives when we begin to even start to fathom God's glory, power, and wisdom.
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What matters supremely, therefore, is not
in the last analysis, the fact that I know God,
but the larger fact which underlies it --
the fact that He knows me.
J. I. Packer
