Tuesday, the Second Week of Lent

   “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. (Isaiah 1: 18)

   These words from the Lord to His people came after a long list of sins they had committed.  Worshiping false gods and sacrificing their own children to those false gods was among them.  The Lord compared them to Sodom and Gomorrah in their wickedness.  Yet he offered them forgiveness if they would turn from their sins and seek Him.

   An honest look at our society today shows us that we are also bordering on the status of Sodom and Gomorrah.  We sacrifice our children to the god of free sex through abortion; we sacrifice our marriage to the god of selfishness through divorce; we sacrifice our lives to the gods of money, fame and fortune.  All for things that will disappear in an instant at the coming of Jesus in His glory.

   And still God offers us the same opportunity.  Our sins, though scarlet from the blood of abortion can be washed away.  Our sins, though red like crimson from the death on the streets of our cities and in our schools can be made white as wool.

   As we contemplate the sacrifice our Lord made for our salvation during Lent, let us also contemplate the many ways we have strayed from God’s word in our lives and in our society.  If we are willing and obey we can eat the good of the land.  But God also warned His people that, should they refuse and rebel, they would be devoured by the sword.  The choice is ours.

 

   Let’s pray together and offer our willingness and obedience to the Lord.