Old Testament | Isaiah 64:1-9a (with Tom Gastil)

Sunday’s Sermon:
Aliso Creek Church Podcast

Opening Song:
Oh Righteous Branch by Caroline Cobb and Andrew Osenga

Lyrics:
Oh righteous branch from Jesse's root
Please come and bring Your kingdom
The lion dwelling with the lamb
Bring peace and life and freedom

Oh Son of David come to rule
And reign in us forever
Come write Your law upon our hearts
And keep us like a shepherd

Hallelujah Jesus we wait for You
Hallelujah Jesus come soon come soon

Messiah come Your Spirit give
Turn stony hearts to flesh
Redeem us from captivity
The power of sin and death

Jesus come soon come soon

At last at last the morning comes
With healing in its wings
We'll leap like calves loosed from their stalls
For You have done great things
Yes You have done great things

Passage:
1 ou would tear the heavens open
and come down,
so that mountains would quake at your presence—
2 just as fire kindles brushwood,
and fire boils water—
to make your name known to your enemies,
so that nations would tremble at your presence!
3 When you did awesome works
that we did not expect,
you came down,
and the mountains quaked at your presence.
4 From ancient times no one has heard,
no one has listened to,
no eye has seen any God except you
who acts on behalf of the one who waits for him.
5 You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right;
they remember you in your ways.
But we have sinned, and you were angry.
How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?
6 All of us have become like something unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment;
all of us wither like a leaf,
and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
7 No one calls on your name,
striving to take hold of you.
For you have hidden your face from us
and made us melt because of our iniquity.

8 Yet LORD, you are our Father;
we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we all are the work of your hands.
9 LORD, do not be terribly angry
or remember our iniquity forever.
Please look—all of us are your people!
(Isaiah 64:1-9 CSB17)

Musical Reflection:
O Come, O Come Emmanuel (VENI, VENI, EMMANUEL) by Thomas Helmore

Reflection Notes:
The tune VENI IMMANUEL comes from a 15th century chant and originally served as part of a requiem mass. Thomas Helmore adapted it for congregational use as a hymn in the late 1800s, while still retaining the speech-like flow of the original chant. The text dates back to the 8th century and was translated from Latin to English by J. M. Neal.

Prayer:
This is another day, O Lord. I know not what it will bring forth, but make me ready, Lord, for whatever it may be. If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently. And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly. Make these words more than words, and give me the Spirit of Jesus. Amen.