God Seems to Find Humility Irresistible

Notice the contrast painted in this passage:
“Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest? All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭66‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Also: “For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭57‬:‭15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭24‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

These verses that tell who his heart inclined toward and who he lets into his very most personal space seem to be high yield as far as what to invest my energy in.

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