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When your heart feels destroyed, and your Lord feels distant, know that he is with you in the darkness..
Sermon: Where is God When I Need Him? - Isaiah 56-57
Scriptures: Isaiah 56-57
Introduction
Where is God when I need Him?
Isaiah examines the role need plays in driving some away from God, and others to God. Beginning with a condemnation of idolatry and unbelief (Isaiah 56:9-57:13), Isaiah records the heart of God towardsthe "man who makes me his refuge" (Isaiah 57:13) in a time of great need.
Where is God when you need him most?
God intends to heal a nation gone awry, but in Isaiah 57:14-19 we find a pathway for individuals who have damaged themselves with sin and seek relief and forgiveness.
I. Needs can drive me away from God (56:9-12; 57:10, 21)
Isaiah describes the destructive effects of sin on a person's relationship with God.
Disoriented and crushed by the hurtful consequences of sin, a person will quickly begin looking for God in all the wrong places. More specifically, Isaiah characterizes spiritually disoriented persons as
Damaged (56:9-10a) "Israel's watchmen are blind, they all lack knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark..."
Dreaming (56:10b) "th