Good Morning Friends,
“This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy
One of Israel, says: ‘In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness
and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.’ You said, ‘No, we
will flee on horses.’ Therefore you will flee! You said, ‘We will ride off on
swift horses.’ Therefore your pursuers will be swift! Yet the LORD longs to be
gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of
justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!” (Isaiah 30:15-16,18)
God patiently waits for people (including you
and me) to turn to Him and trust Him. He pursues us with love, longing to see
us stop and come to Him.
But we are so self-sufficient and
independent. We can take care of ourselves. We can do what needs to be done. We
can make it on our own. We have devised everything we think we need to succeed,
protect ourselves, deal with our problems. “We will flee on horses.” That
speaks of taking matters into our own hands and believing we can take care of
ourselves.
But God is there waiting. He “longs to be
gracious.” It is in His heart to save us, protect us, help us. But He will not
force us to turn to Him. He’ll let us pursue our own devises as long as we will,
all the while waiting with what we so desperately need.
Of course, that relates to those who do not
know God, who run from Him, instead of turning to Him. But it relates to those
of us who know Him, too. Time and again, even though we ought to know better,
we rely upon ourselves. How foolish! How much pain we bear because of our foolishness.
And God waits patiently for us to turn to
Him, longing to help us and show us His grace.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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