Thursday, November 13, 2014

Wearying God

Isaiah 7:10-12 says, "Morever the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will i tempt the Lord."
God is telling Ahaz to ask Him something...anything in the world. He's offering Ahaz the widest of limits in which to ask. It is like God is saying, Your options are limitless! 
But...Ahaz responds to God and says, God, I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to ask You to do this for me. It's too big. It's too much. I refuse to burden You with this.

The chapter continues to say in verse 13, "And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?"

In other words: Is it not enough of you to talk to the one and only true God? Are you really going to give up trusting in God to trust in men? 

Convicting. I am DAILY guilty of this. It is so easy for me to go to my parents and my friends with everything going on in life. My wants. My needs. My day. I "weary" people with the chaos of life but I'm guilty of not wearying God the same way. I cannot think of anything more disastrous to God than a child of His not trusting in Him fully.

Yes. God already knows what is going on in my life. Yet, He wants to hear it from me. He wants me to come to Him, talk to Him, and trust Him. He wants ME. All of me. He doesn't just want a part of me nor does He even want half of me. He wants all of me all of the time.

I haven't wearied God with my requests, with my desires, and with my life.

Have you?

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