WILL YE WEARY MY GOD ALSO ?

 

MARCH 27.
 
Will ye weary my God also?
 
Isiah 7:13

 

GOD speaks to us in the language of men.
 
He clothes himself with our passions and
  speaks to us as if affected in the same way with ourselves.
 
Whatever we do in some way affects our God.
 
Every action either pleases or displease him.
 
The only thing that is ever said to weary God is sin,
  the sins of his own people.
 
They are so provoking, so insulting, so daring.
 
He bade Ahaz ask a sign, and so try him.
 
But he said, “I will not ask,
   neither will I tempt (or prove) the Lord.”
 
This was highly offensive.
 
It was most ungrateful.
 
It deeply affected the Prophet,
    and he indignantly asked,
      “Is it a small thing for you to weary men,
         but will ye weary my God also?”
 
Such conduct as ours would weary and
   wear out our best earthly friends: and
    it is enough to weary our God.
 
He bids us trust him,
  but we give way to doubt.
He makes the most gracious promises,
  but we do not believe him.
He has interposed by an oath, and
  yet we encourage our fears.
He bids us prove him,
  but we refuse to do so.
 
Can such conduct be right?
 
Can it be excused?
 

How strange the sin, the guilt how great,

The word of God to disbelieve!

His promise meets our lost estate

With aids we scruple to receive;

Distrust the proffered help and die,

Rather than on its truth rely.

 
James Smith 1849