#biblereadingplan

Growing in grace and knowledge starts with spending intentional time in God’s Word. A Bible reading plan helps believers stay rooted in Scripture, deepen spiritual understanding, and build a stronger relationship with God through daily reflection, prayer, and consistent faith. 📖✨

The Lord says, ‘Peace, peace, to him who is far off [both Jew and Gentile] and to him who is near!’ (Isaiah 57:19, AMP; see also Ephesians 2:17). Paul seems to interpret these passages of Isaiah as anticipating the inclusion of the Gentiles in God’s love (Ephesians 2:17).

Isaiah then goes on to show how God’s people should reflect this amazing love in the way they treat the poor and marginalised around them. Mere religious activity is of no avail. God is looking for a love that will: ‘break the chains of injustice, get rid of exploitation in the workplace, free the oppressed, cancel debts’ (Isaiah 58:6, MSG).

He is looking for a love that will lead you to ‘sharing your food with the hungry, inviting the homeless poor into your homes, putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad, being available to your own families’ (Isaiah 58:7, MSG).

This is a love that will ensure that you ‘spend yourself on behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed’ (Isaiah 58:10). True love for our neighbour must include a passion for social justice – ‘to loose the chains of injustice’ (Isaiah 58:6a) – and social action. Love means doing something about poverty, homelessness and hunger. These words challenge us today about how we respond to poverty, climate change, racial injustice and the refugee crisis that is across the whole world.

Isaiah promises that, ‘If you get rid of unfair practices, quit blaming victims, quit gossiping about other people’s sins, If you are generous with the hungry and start giving yourselves to the down-and-out, your lives will begin to glow in the darkness, your shadowed lives will be bathed in sunlight’ (Isaiah 58:9–10, MSG). The light will be switched on. The secret will be revealed..