Isa 7:10 Moreover the LORD spoke again to
Ahaz, saying, 11 "Ask a sign for
yourself from the LORD your God; ask it either in the depth or in the height
above." 12 But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test the
LORD!"
Ask for a sign to please God, or ask for a sign to His
displeasure. Which is it? What’s the difference? Gideon asked for signs and got
them, but Jesus said this about signs: Mt 12:39 , “An evil and adulterous
generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign
of the prophet Jonah.”
It always boils down to the attitude of the heart doesn’t
it? The evil and adulterous generation are those who will only believe if God
performs a dog and pony show for them. They ask for a sign from God and not
receiving what they ask for they conclude that there is no personal God for
them. (Never mind all the other evidence that speaks of His loving and just existence.)
Ps 19:1 says, “The heavens declare the glory of
God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.” And in Ro 1:20, “For since the
creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being
understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so
that they are without excuse,”
Never mind all that stuff God, when I say, jump, I
want you to respond with “how high?”
In our text today, remember that King Ahaz was a
wicked king. He didn’t want anything to do with the ways of God. “he did not
do what was right in the sight of the LORD his God,” (2 Kings 16:2)
In spite of his rebellion God offers to give him a
sign to prove that the Assyrians and the Northern tribes of Israel will not
conquer Jerusalem. And not just an ordinary sign! Anything from the deepest
part of the earth to the highest thing in the sky God would perform it for him,
if he just asks!
(I wonder, what would I ask for should God give me
such a personal invitation? What would you ask for?)
I think that’s a good place to stop for today. Ponder your
honest answer to that question, and ask!
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