Isa
30:15-16 (ESV) For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel,
"In
returning and rest you shall be saved;
in
quietness and in trust shall be your strength."
But you
were unwilling, 16 and you said,
"No!
We will flee upon horses";
therefore
you shall flee away;
and,
"We will ride upon swift steeds";
NOTE: It seems easy
to return and rest, to seek quietness and to trust, but the reality is that we
want to do something. We want to have some part that is tangible and reflects
on something that we can control. We don't like giving the control over to another,
even if the results are good and peaceable. And the reason is that we don't
trust the other person to deliver. We are just not sure. And that is how we
treat God, we treat him as if he was another sinful human being. We think he
might fail us. And we do have reason, since his wisdom is so much greater than
ours, how can we know if there is a greater thing that can be gained by not
coming through when we need it? We then experience short-term pain even though
there is great long-term gain. And that is the rub, even if there is great
long-term gain, we don’t want to go through short-term pain. We want it all now
and are not patient to wait on God or to trust God for something better.
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