In other words, 'Let joyful song explode out of you!' We resist that. Isaiah 54:1 may be one of the most disobeyed commands in the Bible. Our exaggerated sense of decorum is the last bastion of pride holding out against the gospel. Some churches make it a virtue. But God doesn't. In his exuberance he's creating a new world of boisterous happiness through Christ. We must rejoice with him, or we risk making our hearts impervious to salvation, because that holy raucous joy is salvation.--Ray Ortlund, Isaiah: God Saves Sinners (Crossway 2005), 363
Friday, August 20, 2010
The Most Disobeyed Command in the Bible
Our brother Drew Hunter, College and 20's pastor at Grace Church of Dupage, points us to this good reflection by Ray Ortlund on Isaiah 54:1 ('Break forth into singing and cry aloud'):
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What a great concept!
ReplyDeleteThe implication is that we allow His Joy to obliterate the shackles of religion and pride that threaten to choke out the Life of Christ within us, making us unfruitful.
Haven't read this book, but I wouldn't be surprised if Ortlund went on to say that the mechanism for sustained release of this explosive joy is the Love Walk.