Isaiah 58

Some good stuff up in here:

• Verses 2-4: "Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high". Ever feel like you're praying and seeking God but he's not responding? These 3 verses (and this whole chapter) make it clear that the problem may be that we're mocking him because our prayers and worship and fasting don't line up with the way we're living our lives. Gotta look at ourselves honestly. 
• Verse 7: "Is not this the fast I choose...not to hide yourself from your own flesh?" How often do we "hide" from those that ask of us something? Even walking down the street or pulling up to a stoplight, isn't it our first instinct to not look a beggar in the face? But they're not "some beggar", they're us. They're our own flesh, and God wants us to seek to help with their needs. 
• Verse 13: "If you...call the Sabbath a delight...if you honor it, not...seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly; then you shall take delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth...." Wow, how many of our Sundays are filled with "our own pleasure" or "talking idly"? Have we ever thought that Sundays were meant for something else, something more?