Isaiah 48

It's interesting to see how God brings things to our minds sometimes. As I laid there today, the passage Isaiah 48 popped into my mind. It was just the right time for me to read that chapter. The chapter was about how Israel made all these promises to God that they did not keep. They were constantly given instructions by God, but they did not choose to follow through with them. He constantly showed them what they needed to be doing, but they decided to be stubborn, "A stubborn Israel."

I read through this chapter and think of Jeremiah 1. God knew us before we were even born, He knew us when we were in our mother's womb. It is so easy to look at this verse and just glance over it because we have heard it so many times before, but think about it. God knows us. He knows us so well. He knows exactly what we are going to do and what we should do with our lives. He gives us the words the say. He moves our feet. He gives us passion. He does this all for us because he knows us so well. Yet, we still are so stubborn. We still try to do things on our own. I know that this is like a broken record that keeps repeating itself, but it is true.

God is crazy in love with us and gives us all of these chances to show how we are in love with him. Yet we are so easy to take what he has given us, and run with it. We are so willing to turn our back, to be in fear, to not walk in the path marked out, but still call on him when we need him. We are so willing to be half in and when it is most convenient to us. It becomes a selfish love for the most unselfish love that we get in return. And yet, we are still loved. How amazing is that.