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Isaiah 59: Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save,

    nor his ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities have separated

    you from your God;

Yesterday’s devo reminded us that God’s ears are open and he hears us.  Today’s verse declares that God’s arms are not too short to reach down and save us, and once again…his ears are not too dull to hear.

The issue is never that God isn’t hearing or that his arms are folded instead of reaching.  The issue is our own sin that causes us to believe such things about the One who loves us, sent his Son to die for us, and the Savior who lives forever in us.

The issue is never with God’s ears or his extremities.  It’s our ears that become dull through disappointment, unbelief, or just plain apathy.  And it’s our arms that fall beside us instead of staying lifted in praise.

Can you imagine going to a King to ask him a favor and visually observing him with earplugs stuck in his ears, his arms folded, and his head turned away from us?  But we can easily imagine ourselves in that picture when He comes to us and we’ve got no time for him, as we are too busy listening to other things, our arms are folded into a “me” position, and our heads are turned away following other things.

We cannot place our own personification upon God.  He’s not like us.  We get weary of others, grow tired of being pestered, and we dismiss anyone who tries to awaken us from our rest.

So let’s say this:

God’s arms are so long that they can reach us wherever we find ourselves and hold us tight, his ears are keen and sharp to every little word of praise that comes out of our mouths, and he runs to inhabit the place where we stand, and…our iniquities(sins) are completely covered by the blood of his Son, Jesus so that there is no longer a separation between us and our God.

Awesome!