Isaiah 30

February 25, 2022

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Isaiah 30 (NIV)

Woe to the Obstinate Nation
1“Woe to the obstinate children,”
declares the Lord,
“to those who carry out plans that are not mine,
forming an alliance, but not by my Spirit,
heaping sin upon sin;
2 who go down to Egypt
without consulting me;
who look for help to Pharaoh’s protection,
to Egypt’s shade for refuge...............Continue Reading

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  1. All too often when our circumstances seem too difficult it is when we go into panic mode and try to solve things ourselves apart from God much like when Judah sought help in Egypt instead of trusting God’s plan for them.
    God’s plan is not always for us to understand and certainly does not happen on our timeline but whenever God waits or seems to delay in what we think we need, it always has a loving purpose. We can trust that even when we don’t understand it, it is still His plan we must trust.

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  2. Here we go. People of Judah. Looking for answers everywhere but God. Turning to Egypt vs. 27. Yikes. Glad we are in the family of God. His wrath is all consuming. Nothing compares to his grace

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  5. We are always faced with managing life. As we confront situations that outstrip our resources, we have to find someone/something to fill the gap. As Assyria looms powerfully over this region of the world, the Jews are faced with trusting God or making a pact with Egypt and trusting in their armies. It is similar to what we face each day: rely on God and His resources, or turn to the resources of self, sin and others. But what often drives that is where our hearts are…what are we oriented to, what have we placed our hope and expectation in. God through Isaiah is telling the people I am here for you to trust and rely on, but you have turned away. Therefore God must correct their course of action. But the Jews don’t even want to hear the message. Tells us good things are going to happen, and stop talking to us about God and His ways and how we are supposed to honor Him. Boy does that sound familiar to those around us that are away from God? But God is still there, calling the Jews and us to Him. If we are not going to be corrected by His words, then He must correct us with hardship and discipline….keep showing us that living apart from Him doesn’t work. And yet in the midst of that I am always amazed that God offers a message of forgiveness and restoration, if they (and us) will only return to Him. How easy life is intended to be when we rely on God to live it! He is there waiting…are we going to trust in Him!

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  6. I have read this twice and not commented! I have been working on 1 Samuel preparation for our next women’s study.

    Israel thinks they can gain support from Egypt.
    They don’t want the prophets to tell them the truth.
    “Do not prophesy to us right things;
    Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits.”
    They think they can outrun God.
    God tells them that return to Him and repentance will bring grace.

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