The Blessing of Humility (Isaiah 66:2)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

Christian, Bible, Baptist, Devotional, Spirituality, John Piper, Prayer, Bible Study, Religion & Spirituality, Louie Giglio, Christianity, David Platt, Pray, Radical

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🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on Isaiah 66:2, David Platt asks God to make us humble and contrite in spirit. Explore more content from Radical.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm David Platt. I wrote a book on how to read the Bible, a simple guide to deeper intimacy with God.
0:07.3	I think about Psalm 119, 162. It says, I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil.
0:14.2	There is spoil. There's treasure waiting for you and me every day in God's word, not just so that we know it and understand it,
0:21.4	but so that we know God and walk in love relationship with God.
0:25.3	That's why I wrote this book to help you toward that end.
0:28.7	So I encourage you to pick it up wherever books are sold.
0:31.6	Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.
0:38.5	Isaiah chapter 66, verse 2.
0:41.5	But this is the one to whom I will look.
0:44.5	He who is humble and contrite in spirit
0:47.1	and trembles at my word.
0:50.9	Wow, what a verse.
0:53.3	From God speaking to his people saying,
0:56.9	This is the one to whom I will look.
0:59.9	That should cause us all to perk up.
1:03.1	Okay, who is God looking to?
1:06.2	Where are God's eyes?
1:08.5	Who is God looking to bless, to provide for, protect, to help? And the answer is,
1:16.7	he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word. What a description.
1:25.9	Humble and contrite in spirit.
1:28.2	And which makes sense.
1:29.9	God looks to the one who's looking to him.
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