Isa. 64:7

7 And there is none that calleth [qara'] upon thy name [shem], that stirreth up [`uwr] himself to take hold [chazaq] of thee: for thou hast hid [cathar] thy face [paniym] from us, and hast consumed [muwg] us, because [yad] of our iniquities [`avon]. KJV-Interlinear

7 And there is no one who calls on Thy name, Who arouses himself to take hold of Thee; For Thou hast hidden Thy face from us, And hast delivered us into the power of our iniquities. NASB

There are only two environments in which you can live your life. You can live in the fellowship sphere and live inside the power of Gods will, or you can live outside of fellowship and therefore in the carnal sphere of the world, and have your life controlled by the power of your sin nature.

When you live your life in fellowship, then God is in control of your life. And more specifically the Holy Spirit is in control of your life. The Word of God, which is Christ, is the fuel of that power, and of course, the ultimate authority and author of the divine plan is from the Father.

When you choose to live your life out of fellowship, then your sin nature is in control of your life. The world s philosophies are the fuel for the carnal sphere. The Jungle laws are the rules, and Satan is the author of all opinions, which are in opposition of Gods.

All unbelievers are automatically living in the carnal sphere. The have no relationship with God, and therefore they have no choice of environments.

Once a person believes in Christ, then that second environment, fellowship, becomes available to them. Sin is all that stands in their way.

Initially when a person believes in Christ, he is placed immediately in fellowship. But, when a person commits their first sin, they immediately drop out of fellowship. Confession, to the Father, is our admission ticket getting us back into fellowship.

And so the life of the saved person continues either in, or out of fellowship, and presumably the believer will fluctuate back and forth in and out of fellowship as he sins and then confesses, and sins and confesses, and so forth.

Most folks sin and keep on sinning. They remain perpetually out of fellowship. Many folks play the oscillating game and they stumble along in their spiritual life. A very few folks gain an understanding of just how this all works, and they pursue their spiritual life with a vigor. They advance to spiritual maturity.

When you are in fellowship, then you are in effect, face to face with God. His will, functions within your life.

When you choose to live your life out of fellowship, then God has turned his back on you, allowing you to live within the power of your sins. That is our current verse.

If you think that the power of this world is greater than that of God, then He allows you to go for it. God never forces Himself on anyone.

But sadly, people living in the carnal sphere always end up in misery. Their life always ends up a disaster. No, don t evaluate people based on what they have. Possessions are not a reflection of ones spiritual life. A billionaire can live a successful life, in this life, for the few decades that he is alive, but if he has rejected Christ, then the Lake of Fire awaits him. His billions won t prevent his eternal failure.

Likewise, a billionaire believer can reject his spiritual life, during this life, and when he dies, he will go to heaven, but he will find that his eternal blessings package will be far short of his expectations.

It is far better to be a poor man, these few short years in this life, who is spiritually mature and end up with phenomenal rich blessings for all of eternity, than to be rich now and poor in eternity. Eternity is a far longer period of time, than our life font on this earth.

Actually, if you had the best of the best, the absolutely best life a person could have, would be to advance to spiritual maturity, be extremely wealthy now and then when you die, to be extremely wealthy in blessings for all of eternity, and to be a member of the Royal Family, which includes believers in our current dispensation.

I m not sure if anyone has ever filled that role. But, no matter. Our life now, on this planet, is very short when you look at the big picture. Eternity far exceeds this life by a factor of infinity. On the big timeline, our life now is but a blink, if even that.

So, Isaiah continues to explain that there is no one who can arise up out of the menstrual waste or ashes of our collective lives, and seize hold of God.

God has a plan. That plan means Christ first, fellowship first, doctrine first. God does all of the work. We are but the recipients of His grace and effort.

Anyone who tries to do Gods work is a fool. No person, no philosophy, no invention or imagination can accomplish that which God does for us freely.

Once you understand that you are no more than common red worthless dust. That is what adam means. Once you understand that any and all of your efforts are no better than a womans monthly discharge, and saving that discharge does not make it any better. Then, you will be ready to humble yourself into the greatest possible life that is available to anyone, ever.

You are ready to listen. You are ready to learn. You are ready to grow up spiritually.

You can voluntarily place your life in Gods hands, and have a guaranteed great life, or you can cut God out of your life and pursue your better life, and end up with a guaranteed worthless life.

Rom. 1:28

28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind NASB

Ezek. 33:10

10 Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'Thus you have spoken, saying, Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we are rotting away in them; how then can we survive? ' NASB

God always give you the choice of what kind of a life you want. In either case, no person is in charge of his or her own life. Either God is, or sin is. Don t be the fool and presume that there is a third choice.

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