You Would Have None Of It
“This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:
“In repentance and rest is your salvation,
in quietness and trust is your strength,
but you would have none of it.”
Pride. Plain, simple pride. But you would have none of it. It wasn’t your idea. It’s not the way you roll. You’re not in control.
So, you would have none of it.
With that phrase God, the Righteous Judge, drops the gavel with a frightening list of indictments against His people. Read Isaiah 30. You get the idea that this will not end well for God’s people. He begins by calling them stubborn, piling sin upon sin. Their pride in control.
You would have none of it.
God goes on to explain their alliances with and dependance upon other nations; these will fail in shame. He prophesies against His people due to their errant ways. More so, God calls them rebellious, deceitful, and unwilling to listen. Sounds like folks in our day, doesn’t it? It may even sound like me. Or you. Depending on the moment, right?
You would have none of it.
God’s people had rejected His messengers, His messages, and His ways, relying instead on alien nations, the ways of this world, and their own sinful nature. And He says to them, “It’s all coming down around you.” God is warning you. God is calling you back to Himself.
You would have none of it.
Then we get to verse 15 as quoted above. Note how God describes Himself. Not one, but two titles of imminence. “The Sovereign Lord”—He has authority and power over everything. And “the Holy One of Israel”—the eternally righteous God of this people. Yet, sovereign and Holy as He is, He desires an authentic relationship with you.
He offers salvation to you. How do you engage His salvation? Repentance from self and sin to rest in His loving power.
He offers strength to you. How do you enable His strength? Through quiet dependance and trust in His sovereign faithfulness.
But, you would have none of it.
Consider your life with me, dear friend. Are you fully relying on God’s salvation and strength? Or are you, in some way or another, busy running, and ruining, your own life without desire of God’s control?
He loves you. He desires a love relationship with you. He will provide. He will guide. If you will surrender control to Him.
Or, in your pride, would you have none of it?
Thanks so much the read. If you haven't already, please subscribe here and use the link below to share.