Thursday 30 Oct 2014

October 30: Isaiah 43:22-24

Key Verse: Isaiah 43:24
You have bought Me no sweet cane with money, Nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices; But you have burdened Me with your sins, You have wearied Me with your iniquities.

Devotion:
How many times have you brought your sins before God this month? How many times have you opened up to Him and talked frankly with Him about what you are doing? And how many times have you thought, “what is the use because He is not listening at the moment” or something similar?

If we are very honest then we will admit to getting into places like this ourselves. We grow weary of listening to God and of His ways because we don’t see the immediate effects of what we ask for! There are going to be times when we ask for things and they will not be honoured immediately because God knows that the time is not right; we will not understand why and we may well turn round and blame Him for not answering. But it is the disobedience that wears God down…

When we grow weary we start to be disobedient toward God. This is not a unique situation because we do similar things to our parents when we are young and we do similar things to all sorts of people in charge as we go through life. Why then do we expect to be shown continual grace and mercy if we are not going to show continual obedience toward God? Now not everything that goes wrong is because of this over-simplified look at life, but there is a great truth is what God is showing Isaiah at this time.

When the going gets tough and people start failing, something new has to be done in order to re-ignite the flame that once grew bright within each of us. We may not like the way that God tries to re-light the fire and we would have nobody else to blame for those ways other than ourselves. So God gives us plenty of warning and plenty of time to listen. He goes far above and beyond what He should need to because He knows our obstinacy! Isaiah had to try over and over again to reach the people as they continued on in their own ways – the very same that we find ourselves doing nowadays, still working toward the same goal, Salvation through Christ Jesus.

Points to Ponder:
Do you grow weary of Christians ways?

Do you lose track of Christ’s commandments?