Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 64:5

"Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: in them [have we been] of long time; and shall we be saved?" — Isaiah 64:5 (ASV)

Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways:

God does not wait for us to return to him. He meets us. He comes to us the moment that we turn our feet towards his throne.

While we are, like the prodigal, a great way off, he sees us, and has compassion upon us, and runs to meet us.

Behold, you are angry, for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we will be saved.

In your faithfulness, in your love, in yourself, in your ways of mercy there is continuance. This is our safety. What are we? Here is the answer: