“BROKEN AND CONTRITE!”

 Isaiah 66:1-2                    (ESV)

The “HUMBLE AND CONTRITE” in Spirit

    “[1] Thus says the LORD:

    “Heaven is MY throne,

        and the earth is MY footstool;

    what is the house that you would build for ME,

        and what is the place of MY rest? 

    [2] All these things MY hand has made,

        and so all these things came to be,

    declares the LORD.

    BUT THIS IS THE ONE TO WHOM I WILL LOOK:

        HE WHO IS “HUMBLE AND CONTRITE” IN SPIRIT

        and trembles at MY WORD.”

HUMBLE: Marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit; NOT ARROGANT OR PRIDEFUL.

CONTRITE: Thoroughly bruised or broken

Remembering coming home from church on Sunday evening January 08, 1978, I felt like I was TOTALLY inadequate to be CHOSEN by the CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE to serve HIM!  BUT I surrendered to be ONE of HIS CHOSEN without really knowing what it meant, just trying to ease the pain of NOT being selected by HIM!  

Today as I was reading Isaiah 65:24 (ESV) “Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear”, I then read the words that are shared above! Ephesians 1 reveals to me that ALMIGHTY GOD CHOSE me BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, and I am EXTREMELY “HUMBLED AND CONTRITE” to be apart of HIS PLAN!  Surely HE could have found a number of people to better reflect HIS LOVE than me?  But HE CHOSE ME to be HIS, and I am SO glad HE did!!!

There are SO MANY THINGS I could have done better over the years, but HE was ALWAYS there for me, even when I wasn’t LOVABLE!!  Noticing recently a testimony about the closer we are to GOD, the more inadequate we should feel about being CHOSEN by HIM causes me to STOP and PONDER my situation?  Then I read “BUT THIS IS THE ONE TO WHOM I WILL LOOK: HE WHO IS “HUMBLE AND CONTRITE” IN SPIRIT and trembles at MY WORD.”  Maybe I am getting closer to what HE is LOOKing for???