A Mercy Day

First written: May 19, 2011

 

Isaiah 30:18, And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him

 

In reading this passage (preceding and the verses afterwards too), it was impressed upon my heart God's timing is Crucial...God's Timing should always win out. ;-) 

 

It's in the resting that we shall be saved.  Saved from unintended heartache(s).  Strength is in the quietness and confidence.  So often times we want our desires "here and right now" and God may be telling us to wait, or we feel that He's not even listening. 

 

In our free-will we attain the desire only to later realize that it really wasn't for our best interest.  At least, maybe, for that segment of time. 

 

God is so gracious in these moments to not give us what we deserve.  Even if we do "reap what we sow", He shows compassion for us even in the reaping. 

 

Though we be filled with the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, God allows us understanding in the lesson.  Who knows but what the anguish days of this life is really His mercies in disguise?, and as the song says, what if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know He's near?

 

The Lord is a just God--full of judgment--and each day we arise His compassions are new.  Great is His faithfulness. 

 

When we allow our self to confidently believe that God loves us and wants the best for us, and quietly listen, then we can hear the voice of God in our ear telling us, "This is the way, turn here.  See, I'm working it all out.  Walk this way" (Is. 30:21). 

~md