I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Isaiah 60-63.

    Isaiah loved his nation. So, he promised to pray for it until its righteousness would shine like dawn. He could not keep silent. He would not stop praying for it to be a righteous nation. Do we love our nation the same way? Do we pray for it to be a righteous nation? We are to be watchman on the walls of our nation praying that righteousness will shine out from it to illuminate the world. Notice that we are not called to claim that our nation is righteous when it is not. No, we are called to pray for our nation that it will become righteous. And how does a nation become righteous? Only when its people become righteous. Let us pray for our neighbors, our friends, and our enemies that they will turn to God and become righteous.

    I fear for our nation and its people and not just this nation but many nations throughout the world. God is getting ready to trample on His enemies as if they were grapes. He is looking for those who will intervene to help the oppressed. I do not see those who are willing to intervene on their behalf. Instead I see people taking advantage of those who are oppressed to advance themselves. They have no interest in helping the poor and downtrodden improve their lot. No, all they desire is to harness their anger for their own ends. When the poor and oppressed have lifted them to power, they will leave them worse off than they found them. Let us humble ourselves in prayer. Perhaps it is not too late.