He Still Reaches

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Hello, my friend… so glad you're with me today. This is By God's Call — day 236, He Still Reaches.

"Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;" Isaiah 59:1.

This verse opens a heavy chapter, full of confession of sin. But before any confession, Isaiah has to correct an idea that had slipped into the people's hearts: the idea that God had grown too weak to help, or too deaf to listen. Have you ever thought that way? That maybe God is tired of you, or that your prayer doesn't quite reach where it needs to reach anymore?

Notice Isaiah's answer. He doesn't soften it, doesn't philosophize — he denies it outright. "Behold!" It's almost God tapping the table in love: look closely, pay attention, because you've got this wrong. My arm still carries the same strength it always has. My ear is still as attentive as it has ever been.

And then comes the very next verse, one we didn't read today, but it changes everything: the distance was never in God's hand. It was in the people's sin, which had set itself up like a wall between them and Him. That's freeing and uncomfortable at the same time, isn't it? Because it means that when we feel God far away, the problem is almost never that He pulled back. Almost always, we're the ones who built the wall — with choices, with silence, with disobedience kept secret.

But notice this well: even in the middle of this heavy confession, the promise still stands. God did not withdraw His hand. He is still standing with His arm extended, waiting for us to stop pretending the distance is His fault.

I want to ask you, gently: is there something you've been carrying that might have made you feel God farther away lately? A habit, a small lie, a silence you keep even during prayer? His hand hasn't shrunk. His ear hasn't gone deaf. The question is whether you're willing to tear down what's separating you.

Today, I want to invite you to do exactly that — name, before God, what has been pulling you away, and take the step of calling out to Him again, knowing His hand has always been ready to reach.

Stay close to God. Pray — then act. I'll see you tomorrow, my friend.