Isaiah 7:13
13 And he said, ['amar] Hear [shama`] ye now, O house [bayith] of
David; [David] Is it a small thing [ma`at] for you to weary [la'ah]
men, ['enowsh] but will ye weary [la'ah] my God ['elohiym] also? KJV-Interlinear
13 Then
he said, "Listen now, O house of David! Is it too slight a thing for you
to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God as well?
NASB
The language of Isaiah
thus far has been quiet and respectful toward Ahaz.
However, now the tone
changes.
Ahaz has been given
advice and information from God, and he met it with disrespect and personal
defensiveness, and that is the principle that we need to learn from this study.
God gives us all
information, which most people disregard or give little concern or attention to,
in preference to our own opinions.
Gods information of
course comes with the full and complete backing of one who is omniscient and
eternal.
Our opinions, needless to
say, evolve only from what the world exposes us to during what few years we
might have in this life.
God has been around
forever, and has designed and authored the divine plan or all of history.
People know only what
they choose to know and believe only what they choose to believe, and certainly
none of us have been on this earth longer than our current lifespan. And even so, people will argument over what
is or what is not divine revelation.
People who disregard
doctrine, are incapable of sorting out the truth from the lies. Only people who have doctrine in their soul,
can discern the lies for the truth of life.
And so, Isaiah now makes
a clear statement to Ahaz.
This situation has to do
with more than you alone, but has to do with Gods entire plan. Isaiah addresses Ahaz as the house of
David. This impending attack is against
God, and His divine plan for the Messiah through the line of David. This is not against Ahaz.
And here is our principle. All of life has to do with truth and doctrine
and God and Christ and your spiritual life, and has nothing to do with you
personally. So when most folks take
things personally, or are thin skinned, or perceive that they are insulted, or
have political correctness issues, or look at life as unfair to them, then they
are indeed weak spiritually.
Life is not about you, so
you need to loosen up and take a few steps back and let loose of your arrogant
rigidness and outlook on life.
People have far too many opinions
regarding others, and far too few objective opinions regarding themselves.
People take themselves
too seriously, and place great priorities on false or phony principles,
treating the true principles of life with disregard and indifference.
People take themselves
too seriously and have unreasonable expectations about life and their place in
life.
People ‘weary’ men.
Weary, ‘la ah,’ means to
tire, disgust, grieve, lothe, and overall this comes to mean that people are
annoying with their petty and ridiculous beliefs, opinions, self-centeredness, and
attitudes that are tied to nothing.
Likewise, they weary God,
as people who lack doctrine, have no clue as to what life is all about, and so
are constantly running off in their ridiculous and selfish and self-centered
attitudes.
Ahaz was thinking only of
himself, not of his nation, not of his heritage, and certainly not of Gods
plan. And so too, most people think only
of themselves, their aches and pains and burdens and the poor me attitudes that
people adopt in life.
Whereas God has given
every human being a phenomenal opportunity and whereas most people disregard
that opportunity, tossing it aside, in preference for their own ideas and
objectives and wants, and when those things do not pan out, then they blame
anyone and everyone, never once looking to themselves as the person responsible
for their failures.
By choice, people reject
Gods will, and that is why they fail.
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