Blessing to all who wait for Him

 

Isaiah 30:23-33

What a difference God’s blessings make, the Jewish people had lived on water and bread for 

their years in captivity and now Isaiah proclaims what God is about to do, after they repented 

and turned back to Him.  “And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, 

and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. In that day your 

livestock will graze in large pastures, and the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will 

eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork. And on every lofty 

mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water, in the day of the great 

slaughter, when the towers fall. Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, 

and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when the 

LORD binds up the brokenness of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.”   

(Isaiah 30:23-26 ESV)

Could it be the people of Judea came to grips with this truth: God tells the truth?  It makes one wonder what would take place if the 30% who attend church in the United States, lived life as if Jesus tells the truth?  Belief is not belief till it is tested, and the test often does not come in hardship, but in prosperity! 

You wonder if the parents of these Judeans forgot to teach their children and grandchildren 

the commands and instructions given by Moses.  Do you recall the instructions of seeking

 God’s blessing; they are found in Deuteronomy 28, and let’s just sample a few of them.   

“And if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all his 

commandments that I command you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all 

the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if 

you obey the voice of the LORD your God. Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed 

shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground 

and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. Blessed 

shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. Blessed shall you be when you come in, and 

blessed shall you be when you go out.”  (Deuteronomy 28:1-6 ESV)  I believe verses 13-14, 

are key for them and us; “And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall 

only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I 

command you today, being careful to do them, and if you do not turn aside from any of the 

words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve 

them.”  (Deuteronomy 28:13-14 ESV)

But they, like us, turned aside from these commands and have chased after other little gods.  

 If you’re a follower of Christ, or if you’re just a little curious, you should read Deuteronomy 

28:15-68, it is all the curses for not obeying the voice of the LORD your God and being careful 

to do all His commandments and his statutes.

We should put to memory Isaiah 30:18, “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.”

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice