You Need to Remember

Isaiah 63:19 Sometimes it seems as though we never belonged to you, as though we had never been known as your people.

Isaiah 64:3-5  When you came down long ago, you did awesome deeds beyond our highest expectations. And oh, how the mountains quaked! For since the world began, no ear has heard, and no eye has seen a God like you, who works for those who wait for him! You welcome those who gladly do good, who follow godly ways. But you have been very angry with us for we are not godly. We are constant sinners; how can people like us be saved? 

I know you feel that way. I know you wonder whether your Nation had ever really been my people. But you were. And, there is a remnant that remains mine still. I have not abandoned you completely. I have not abandoned you forever. Yet, your people need to remember who I am and who you once were. You need to remember your covenant relationship with me. You need to remember who saved you, who propped you up, who made you a sovereign nation. You need to remember all that I have done for you. You need to remember all of this and repent, humble yourselves and ask forgiveness.  Get on your knees and remember who is God and who is not. Then, I will hear you. Then I will respond to you. Only then will I return to your land. But if you will not, then your Nation will continue on its path to utter destruction. You long ago handed over the power to your enemy. He sounded like your ally. He looked like one of you. He seemed to be a patriot looking after the best interests of your Nation. Yet, he deceived you. He lulled you into compliance. He kept you looking the other way as he pillaged your land and your society. You have time – very little, but you do have time. But, you must act quickly.