Looking at Isaiah 6

Isaiah 6:10a -“Harden the hearts of these people. Plug their ears & shut their eyes. “

            Even though Almighty God knows the people of Israel will not repent as a whole, some individuals will and for that they will receive God’s mercy. God is revealing to Isaiah that the majority of his listeners will hear what God has to say, but not learn from the message. This is because they’ve allowed their hearts to become hardened beyond repentance. According to these verses in Isaiah it is clear that God’s patience can become exhausted and when that happens he will withhold his mercy and mete out his punishment.  Yet even in his punishment he will show a level of mercy.

            Is it not exactly the same today? Of course it is. Sin hasn’t changed, nor has man’s propensity  for disobedience. Too many people today want to do as they please. All that will get you is a whole lot of nothing. Temporal will never be better than permanent. Man’s chronic rebellious spirit eventually causes God’s patience to wear thin.  

            There is a saying that ‘a man can get so low the only way is up’. This is essentially what God is doing to Israel here. He will decimate their properties and make the entire country a veritable wasteland. Only then, when everything had been taken from them would they begin to seek the face of God once again. First they must suffer the consequences of their disobedience. It’s the same today. Once you exercise your faith in the Lord the ship, so to speak, can be righted. Israel needed to listen to God’s word and do what it said. We also need to listen and do what we are told. We live in perilous times and need to cling to what we know in our heart to be true or we will end up travelling a very rocky road. Next time we will take a look at Chapter 35. Until then, walk with the King and be a blessing!

Resource: The Life Application Study Bible; https://www.practicaprophetica.com/isaiah-important-chapters-to-study/#Isaiah_6.