Isaiah 7:11
11 Ask [sha'al] thee a sign ['owth] of the LORD [Yahovah] thy
God; ['elohiym] ask [sha'al] it either in the depth, [`amaq] or in the height [gabahh]
above. [ma`al] KJV-Interlinear
11
"Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; make it deep as Sheol or
high as heaven." NASB
Now, here is a question that
virtually anyone should want God to ask of them.
And God asks Ahaz, to ask
for anything, whether in heaven or hell.
In other words, these indicate no limits and when God asks you to ask,
then there is no wrong in your answer.
The Pharisees initiated
their own question and asked for a sign of the proof that Jesus was indeed the Messiah. And even if Jesus gave them a phenomenal
sign, they would still not believe. They
lacked gratitude and they really wanted the temple and Jerusalem to drop down
out of heaven so that they could take over it and rule for themselves. That was and is the prophecy for a future
time.
Back in Jesus’ day, the
signs were for salvation and a Savior.
Gideon asked for a sign
to reinforce his faith and he received it.
His motives were true and honest, and with a few, he defeated
thousands. Of course it was the Lords
fight and victory, but still it was the faith of Gideon that shined.
And here we have Ahaz. He knew of the stories of Gideon. He knew the stories of David. He himself was
a descendant of David, so if anyone knew the family line, especially the royal
line, then the king, Ahaz, would know of his own lineage.
So, here is God. He has given Ahaz a promise, that the nation would
not fall, and even more, that the northern nations of Israel and Syria, would no
longer exist in exactly sixty-five years. Not sixty-four, not sixty-six, but sixty-five
years.
And now, God is asking
Ahaz to make a request, of anything. And
not for someone else, not even for the nation, but for himself. So this offer was clear and Ahaz could have
asked for anything.
If it were you, what
would you ask for? Hummm!
And so we have a
principle here. In the spiritual life,
you have exactly that offer. And what is
it?
Well, if you pursue your
spiritual life in the proper and correct fashion, and advance to spiritual
maturity together with maximum spiritual production, then you will receive a
reward at the Judgment Seat of Christ, and that reward amounts to something
beyond your imagination.
So how can you think
beyond your imagination?
Well, God has already
done that for you, and now leaves it up to you to answer the question. What are you prepared to do, in order to receive
anything you want?
Well, most folks ignore
the question and do not pursue their spiritual obligations and goals. They instead do exactly what Ahaz will do,
namely nothing. Now if there was a
definition for fool, would your name be in it?
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