Dear friend,
Some do not think that Jehovah would never wait for anything, but Isa 30:18 actually records that He does wait for something to happen. The idea that God wait for something to happen is repugnant to many theologians because such idea may suggest that there is a power besides God's which work independently of Him and that Jehovah is interacting with this power. Theologians who believe that there is no power besides the Lord's power. All other powers come from Him and He is in control of every power in this world. Therefore, it can never be that He waits for something to happen. He makes all things happen according to His own plan and purpose.
If indeed everything comes out of God, there can be no power except that of God. So, the good theologians must be right in their understanding of God and all the forces of this world. There are, of course, many verses in Scriptures supporting their views. And there is still this verse in Isa. 30:18 which insists that God "waits". Does this verse contradict other passages of Scriptures? Some who constantly advocate the idea of "antinomies" see no problem in having contradiction in Scriptures and promote "acquiesing" in the Church as solution to such apparant contradictions. This is a grave evil in our modern days of superficiality as it robs us of real searching into the deeper things of God.
God, indeed, does wait for certain thing to happen. This does not mean that there are other forces outside of His upholding, control and government. That God waits simply means that He has a certain order of getting things done. For examples, we always believe that God has His ordained means to bring to pass events. He always repected these means to an end according to His design. He expected, for example, his hungry creatures to look for and consume food, and not merely to wait for a miracle of instant satisfaction of hunger without eating. This does not mean that eating is a process independent of God Who waits for man to eat.
Isa. 30:18 talks of the God who waits. What was He waiting for? The context tells us that He was waiting for His people to see their vanity of looking for help elsewhere and refusing to return to Him. He was waiting for them to repent and come back to Him. He would leave them nor forsake them, but would constantly call them to genuine repentance and restoration. He "waith that he may be gracious unto you". God is "exalted" when His peopel turn back to Him for His mercy. God is a "God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him." There are the true people of God, who wait together with Jehovah.
May we be named among this people. Amen.
If indeed everything comes out of God, there can be no power except that of God. So, the good theologians must be right in their understanding of God and all the forces of this world. There are, of course, many verses in Scriptures supporting their views. And there is still this verse in Isa. 30:18 which insists that God "waits". Does this verse contradict other passages of Scriptures? Some who constantly advocate the idea of "antinomies" see no problem in having contradiction in Scriptures and promote "acquiesing" in the Church as solution to such apparant contradictions. This is a grave evil in our modern days of superficiality as it robs us of real searching into the deeper things of God.
God, indeed, does wait for certain thing to happen. This does not mean that there are other forces outside of His upholding, control and government. That God waits simply means that He has a certain order of getting things done. For examples, we always believe that God has His ordained means to bring to pass events. He always repected these means to an end according to His design. He expected, for example, his hungry creatures to look for and consume food, and not merely to wait for a miracle of instant satisfaction of hunger without eating. This does not mean that eating is a process independent of God Who waits for man to eat.
Isa. 30:18 talks of the God who waits. What was He waiting for? The context tells us that He was waiting for His people to see their vanity of looking for help elsewhere and refusing to return to Him. He was waiting for them to repent and come back to Him. He would leave them nor forsake them, but would constantly call them to genuine repentance and restoration. He "waith that he may be gracious unto you". God is "exalted" when His peopel turn back to Him for His mercy. God is a "God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him." There are the true people of God, who wait together with Jehovah.
May we be named among this people. Amen.
You can read all about the above in the Daily Light for this morning.
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