Isaiah 50 is a few short verses but a couple very powerful truths. Isaiah begins by asking a very penetrating question: “So why didn’t anyone come when I knocked? Why didn’t anyone answer when I called?” Do you ever forget to respond when God calls or knocks in your life? Do you even notice, or are you so busy and in the midst of so much noise you miss it completely? Unfortunately that describes me some days. I get so wrapped up with the day to day stuff I wouldn’t even know it if God tapped me on the shoulder or whispered in my ear. But that is often how He comes to us. It isn’t with a loud roar or a shout – it is with His still soft voice – and we need to be listening and tuned in. My experience is that when He comes in a loud and strong way, it is usually with a 2X4 to the side of my head after I have missed His instruction for a while. I find that to be a poor way to learn and listen any more – at least I am getting that figured out. But God will get our attention one way or another, it is just much better for us to get it before the volume gets turned up.
Isaiah also asks a very penetrating question, and then gives a very promising answer: “Who out there fears GOD, actually listens to the voice of his servant? For anyone out there who doesn’t know where you’re going, anyone groping in the dark, Here’s what: Trust in GOD. Lean on your God”! Do you fit in the boat of “doesn’t know where you’re going”? Are you struggling to know what life has for you? The answer is clear – God. He knows, He wrote the plan, He controls the outcome, He is God. So often we wander aimlessly in the desert like the Israelites did for years, because we don’t stop and take the time to ask God and then LISTEN to His voice. God doesn’t want us wandering in the wilderness. He wants to tell us His plan for our lives. He has a plan for us, a perfect plan filled with goodness and abundance. But we miss it because we grope around in the dark rather than coming to the light. We have to trust Him and lean on Him. We have to have a relationship with Him. It takes time and it is work, but it is so very worth it. Are you spending time with God asking what His plan is for your life? Are you listening to His leading? Are you trusting and leaning on Him to guide you? It is so very good when we do. He never fails, has 20/20 vision into our future, and is faithful to the end. Don’t miss the truth here – God wants to show us His way for our life. We just have to trust and obey!
