Isaiah 59

Sometimes it seems like God is not listening to us. Or maybe that he is unable to defeat that which has come against us. In Isaiah 59 the prophet's words challenge us to investigate our faithfulness before we challenge God's fidelity. In the case of his audience the problem was their lives and culture, not God. Verses 2 through 8 of the chapter details the rebellion of the ancient kingdom of Judah. What should disturb us the most in that description is our familiarity with all of the same failures. Believers in the 21st century since Christ live with the same weaknesses as those believers in the 7th century before Jesus.
Stuart