Day 98: January 3, 2026 – Isaiah 65-66, Psalm 141-142, Proverbs 28-29

The end of Isaiah is followed by the Psalms and the Proverbs which describe a God who has spent day after day, hour after hour, and year after year, even generation after generation looking to pour into His people, but they have turned their back on him. The description of God who almost doesn’t seem to learn that this people will not turn and worship him ever in a way that they should provides both hope and pity. Hope that God will never leave us or forsake us. Pity that our God continues to try to see the best in us, and expect something different from what we are currently doing, and yet never sees any true results. What’s that definition of insanity? Trying the same thing over and over again expecting a different result?

But that is why Jesus. Jesus came not so that we would behave different, but simply put, so that we wouldn’t have to behave differently. Because now it is not up to us. This is the difference. There are no expectations because our actions don’t create a righteousness. The righteousness by which we are defined is imposed upon us by the act of Jesus on the cross and his resurrection.