Father God,

Today, I pray Isaiah 57:15 today asking that You would revive the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite. We walk in a world that comes against us at every turn as we seek to follow Your ways and we are humbled by the weakness of our own strength. We simultaneously walk through this dark world with the knowledge that any self-made righteousness is as filthy rags before our Maker’s throne.

Were it not for Your promises so oft repeated in Your Word that You care for us and have removed our sin from us, we would be crushed. To know with Isaiah 57:15 that You dwell not only in the high and holy place, but also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, we are encouraged and have hope. To know that You dwell with us in our struggles and weakness to revive us who are lowly and contrite means that we are not left to either the world’s schemes for us nor to our own strength and wisdom as it falls short of dealing with our sin.

Press into those today who most feel their lowly nature, who deeply recognize the depth of the sin, and give them hope today in Your promises of Isaiah 57:15 and so many other Scriptures. Meet the lowly and contrite and lift them up with the presence of Your Spirit. We call upon You to be our Immanuel in the storms of life that we now face.

In Christ’s Name,

Amen.