God pursues you and calls out to you constantly. He will not be silent. He won’t give up on you as long as you live. His desire is to establish his will in and through your life and he will persevere with you throughout your life. This is the sentiment in Isaiah 62. If you want to connect with God, then reciprocate this sentiment as we are encouraged to do in the last part of this chapter. Pursue the God who pursues you. Persevere in seeking God and never give up. “You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.” When I read this verse I think, “Wow, what an amazing invitation! God is telling me to keep on his case; to keep praying for his Kingdom to come until it is fully manifest.” This is what God wants to do, but he wants to do it in response to the prayers of his people. He wants to do it this way because he wants us to want what he wants. He wants our desires to align with his. You grow a desire for something by seeking that thing. The more we seek God’s Kingdom, the more we will desire God’s Kingdom. As our desires are aligned with God’s desires then our hearts will be liberated. They can then come to rest in orbit around God. Let the words of this chapter reorient your heart. Adopt this vision of the Kingdom of God as the goal of your life.
Make this chapter your prayer for today.
Read Isaiah 62
