🌾 Isaiah 64

Isaiah 64 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “There is no one who calls on your name, who stirs himself up to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.” Isaiah 64 opens with these words: “Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence.” The line to keep is Isaiah 64:2: “As when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the water to boil; Make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your…” Carry the word “fire” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Isaiah 64:2: “As when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the water to boil; Make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence!” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Isaiah 64? Then try this: Read “As when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the water to boil; Make your name known to your…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.