The Book Of Isaiah. Day 202, We Are Not Seeking In Vain

The Lord tells the people that He has not made Himself impossible to reach; He wants to have a relationship with them. He wants to interact with them and guide their lives and give them what they need.

In this first verse today Isaiah is not saying that the Lord does not make Himself available for mankind to know Him. It's that he's saying that the deeds the Lord has already done for mankind are not yet the greatest things He is going to do. Or we might put it like this, "We ain't seen nothing yet," because the Lord has great and beautiful plans for the descendants of Jacob and for the Gentile world. In Isaiah's day the northern kingdom of Israel fell to Assyria and he knows the southern kingdom will fall to Babylon; therefore, the glorious restoration of the nation is still in the future. Also in Isaiah's day the Messiah has not yet come. There is still much to look forward to.

Isaiah says, "Truly You are a God who has been hiding Himself, the God and Savior of Israel. The makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced; they will go off into disgrace together. But Israel will be saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation; you will never be put to shame or disgraced, to ages everlasting." (Isaiah 45:15-17) People from all nations of the world will come to faith in Him. 

"For this is what the Lord says---He who created the heavens, He is God; He who fashioned and made the earth, He founded it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited---He says, 'I am the Lord, and there is no other. I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I have not said to Jacob's descendants, 'Seek Me in vain.' I, the Lord, speak the truth; I declare what is right." (Isaiah 45:18-19)

The Lord has revealed to us a great deal about Himself. We have His laws and His commandments. We have all these precious books of the Bible. He also revealed Himself through God the Son who is "the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being." (Hebrews 1:3a)

He wants to know us and be known by us. If we want to know the character and compassion of God, all we have to do is look to His Son to see what a loving heart He has for mankind. Think about how Jesus interacted with people. Think about how much love He displayed for people. This is who our God is! We are never seeking Him in vain. He wants us to come to Him with all our cares, casting all our cares upon Him, for He cares for us. (1 Peter 5:7)