Good Morning Friends,
“These are rebellious people, deceitful
children, children unwilling to listen to the Lord’s instruction. They say to
the seers, ‘See no more visions!’ and to the prophets, ‘Give us no more visions
of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions. Leave this way,
get off this path, and stop confronting us with the Holy One of Israel!’” (Isaiah
30:9-11)
What if God spoke and we decided we didn’t
want to hear what He had to say to us?
That’s what was going on among the people of
Israel. God was speaking and they wanted to stop hearing His message. They were
looking for a different message, an easier message, one that did not require
them to give up anything they didn’t want to give up or do anything they didn’t
want to do. That it was God speaking didn’t make any difference to the people
of Israel.
The seers and the prophets had a choice –
tell the people what God was showing them and saying to them or tell the people
only what they wanted to hear. Godly seers have no choice except to speak of
the vision they have seen, whether it is wanted or not. Godly prophets have no
choice except to the deliver the message God has given to them. The message is
not the responsibility of the seer or the prophet, that responsibility belongs
to God.
In our age, many people don’t like the
message God has provided to us in Jesus. Many people want the message changed. They
want it to be easier and less demanding. They want it to be less exclusive. They
want to shape the message of God in a way that they like.
But we have no worthwhile message, except the
one that God has given to us. God’s messengers aren’t responsible for the
message, that responsibility belongs to God. Our responsibility is to honestly
bring God’s message to all and let them decide how they will respond.
How are you responding?
His, by Grace,
Steve
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