Devotional:

HARD HEADS AND GOD’S GRACE

Isa. 30:18

Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you;

And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.

For the Lord is a God of justice;

Blessed are all those who wait for Him. NKJV

The Lord demonstrates His unfailing love, and unsearchable wisdom here. Like a mother repeatedly telling a little child not to touch the oven door because it is hot, the Lord warns us of the devastation to come before choosing to sin.

However, if that child will continue to insist on touching it, his mother will allow that to happen, not because she does not love her child, but because she does.

For some children it takes experiencing pain to realize and understand that mom was right. A wise parent knows this and will at times allow things to happen for that very reason.

For us hard headed folks it takes pain in order for us to trust God.

He knows that about us so, the Lord will wait for us to turn over every rock in search of sin until we finally realize how worthless and destructive it is.

That is when we will turn to Him praising Him for His truth, exalting Him for His deliverance from our sinful ways, and thanking Him for His saving grace.

Though the Lord is gracious and merciful, He is also a God of justice. The Lord has given us free will and the freedom of choice, even the freedom to choose to sin rather than obey. It must be understood my beloved that you can choose your sin, but you cannot choose your consequence.

Waiting for the Lord is not sitting and twiddling your thumbs. Waiting for the Lord means to be like a waiter or waitress in a restaurant. After taking your order they are constantly returning to your table asking what more they can do for you. We are to serve or wait on the Lord in the same manner, after making our petitions to God we are to continue to ask and seek how we may further serve Him.

Blessed are those who wait on the Lord!

Remember a wise man learns from his mistakes. But a wiser man learns from the mistakes of others. God bless.

Daryl Kyle