A Two-Way Relationship

Trusting in God isn’t easy because there is no price we can pay for God’s love and favor.

“He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught.” – Isaiah 50:4b
The prophet Isaiah describes his relationship to God as a relationship that has two-way communication.

Have you ever felt that your communication with God was only one way – you to Him only?

Isaiah tells us, “The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary…. The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears, and I have not been rebellious; I have not drawn back” (Is. 50:4-5).

The key to Isaiah’s relationship with God lies in four important principles:

1. He had an instructed tongue.
* Isaiah had given over rule of his life completely to God’s purposes.
2. He knew the word of the Lord, which allowed him to sustain and encourage others.

3. He took time to listen.

4. He did not flee from the tough assignments. He didn’t shrink back.

Knowing and spending time studying God’s Word allows the Holy Spirit to bring to mind His instructions for what He wants for us.
2 Timothy 2:15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

When we begin to lose the relationship, we are susceptible to becoming rebellious, going our own way.

Invest your life in this relationship so that you may continue to hear His voice and sustain the weary ones around you.
John 17:3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
*His eternal gift was the relationship, everything else is the blessing.
*The gift is the opportunity to know God, to allow Him into your heart, to free you from all sin, wiping you clean and making you new. Appreciate the gift more…
Lord Jesus, make me like you so that everyone else can see, not so I stand out, but so that You get ALL the glory You deserve. Amen.