Isaiah
30:18
18 And therefore will the LORD [Yahovah] wait [chakah], that he may be
gracious [chanan] unto you, and
therefore will he be exalted [ruwm], that he may
have mercy [racham] upon you: for
the LORD [Yahovah] is a God ['elohiym] of judgment [mishpat]: blessed ['esher] are all they that wait [chakah] for him. KJV-Interlinear
18 Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious
to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the LORD is a
God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. ESV
In the verses
leading up to this verse, Isaiah has been describing people who lack spiritual
life, because they are lazy, indifferent, opinionated, antagonistic, or
otherwise simply do not want to pursue their spiritual life according to the
process that the Bible defines.
Negative people
have an aversion to being told what to do, presuming that they can do better on
their own.
And that is what
gets them into spiritual trouble.
People are
obstinate, resistant toward Bible instruction, stiff-necked and stubborn, and
unfortunately they stick with a negative pattern throughout their life.
And Isaiah
describs here, the patience of God.
The LORD waits, is
a phrase that indicates His long-suffering patience for a stiff-necked people.
The Lord is a God
of justice. That means He will always do what is right.
Blessed are those
who wait for Him, indicates that blessing will always come to those who turn
toward Christ, who by the way is the Lord being referred to here.
So as long as you
are living and breathing, and have the ability to make decisions, you can
always turn from your ways, and get back on track with your spiritual life.
Even in your last
breath, a positive thought toward Christ, will result in blessing that you can
carry with you as you leave this world.
But obviously,
waiting until your last breath is not the best option. It is far better to make
that change in your life pattern long before you leave this world.
Nevertheless, the
point here is that Christ is patient. He has been patient since long before
time began. He was patient through the angelic rebellion, He was patient
through the events surrounding Adams fall, He was patient through all those
many centuries of the Old Testament, He was patient through the events of the
cross, He is impatient through all the many centuries up until our current
time.
And, He has been
patient with you.
None of us can
earn or deserve anything that comes from God. If God had human attributes, He
would have given up on humanity a long time ago. Thankfully, God is a far than
any of us.
These
studies are a part of the massive daily study web site at DailyBibeStudy.Org,
and are written, so that you can come to Christ if you have not done so
already, and therefore not be lost forever.
And
if you have already believed in Christ, then these studies are written so you
can learn and understand and grow in your spiritual life, so that you can come
to the full knowledge of Christ, so that you can fulfill your meaning and
purpose in life as God intended for you, and so you can qualify for a phenomenal
eternal reward which you will have forever.
To
ignore this opportunity to pursue a daily study means you will be incomplete,
unfulfilled and you will lose out, big time.
The
Daily Bible Study is online, making it possible as never before in all of human
history, to advance in ones relationship with God, through Christ, and to
complete yourself beyond your imagination.
But
you have to decide to make that commitment.
No one else can study for you.
You have to do that yourself.
