РАЗВЕ ТЫ НЕ ЗНАЕШЬ?

Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the LORD,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
— Isaiah 40:28 NKJV

People have problems and the problems they have may cloud their judgement. They may get so wrapped up in their problems that, for example, they become resentful towards God. They may resent the fact that God has allowed them to get into trouble. They may resent the fact that God does not do something for them immediately. The immature in the faith are especially prone to this failure of judgement, but the mature in the faith may also fall into the trap on occasion.

The prophet Isaiah's response to those who harbor resentment towards God is one of rebuke. He rhetorically questions their very knowledge of God: "Have you not known?" He does this because we surely do know. We know that it is foolish to fall into the trap of resentment. After all, we know that God is the solution to our problems. Resenting God, therefore, makes no sense. It is an insult to the one that can actually help.

Isaiah even rhetorically questions whether they have heard about God: "Have you not heard?" We have, of course, heard about God. We are the very people of God. We have heard about God and the wonders He has performed. It is foolish for us to resent God because we surely have heard what God can do; we surely have heard that God is the one that can actually help.

In order to drive home his point, Isaiah reminds them of just who God is. God is the "Everlasting God," the "LORD," and the "Creator of the ends of the earth." It is foolish to resent Him because He is the one that is in control of everything. He doesn't faint from fatigue or get weary. He is always ready to help. If a problem needs to be overcome, then He is the one you have to look to for help.

Maybe things aren't being resolved the way you would like. Maybe things aren't being resolved according to your timetable. What God has allowed to happen may not make sense. Isaiah's explanation for this is that God's understanding is unsearchable. It's not always possible to figure it out. Indeed, we don't really have to figure it out.

Our job is not to figure God out, but to trust Him. We must trust that He will deliver us at the right time.

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