Isaiah 30-32 God Waits

Verses 18-25 of chapter 30 really caught my eye this morning.  I read, “The Lord will hear Your crying and He will comfort you.  When He hears you He will help you.  The Lord has given you sorrow and hurt … He is your teacher;  He will not continue to hide from you, but you will see your teacher with your own eyes.  If you go the wrong way – to the right or to the left – you will hear a voice behind you saying, ‘This is the right way.  You should go this way … At that time the Lord will send rain … The harvest will be rich and great.”

My commentary said about these verses:  “Still the Lord will wait to be gracious.  God waits until the disaster of our choice has taught us the foolishness of that choice.”

God wants to guide us.  He graciously stands ready to do so if we will only listen.  However, if we willfully choose the wrong path, God will allow us to learn from our choices.  He will wait to be gracious until we cry out to Him from the midst of our disaster so that we will learn to trust Him first.

Father, You have been so gracious over the years to save me from disasters of my own making.  I’ve made foolish choices, and I ask that You allow me to easily hear You – to know the right way to go in every situation.  Be my guide and my steadfast hope.

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford