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Hurry up and go to the pharmacist.
Sure what do you need?
I need strong pain medication now.
My ankle is throbbing with pain.
Glad to do it.
I am on my way.
By the way what happened?
I just jumped off of the roof and broke my ankle, but don’t get a doctor.
He’s the one who told me not to jump off of high structures because I just broke the same ankle 4 months ago when I jumped off the top of our van.
Well in that case I am not going to the pharmacist.
I am taking you to the hospital.
Drugs from the pharmacy is not what you need.
No I am not going!
Fine friend you are!
Here I am in pain and you won’t even drive a few minutes a way to get me some pain medication.
We all would agree that the friends decision to go to the hospital rather than the pharmacist would be a right decision.
At the same time we all can relate to the situation (not just in the physical situations) in which we want relief and quick, easy help over the long-term, hard repair.
To use an expression which will reflect our passage tonight, we are prone to have itching ears rather than sensitive ears.
Because of our likeliness to such actions, we need to hear sound and healthy teaching.
God is one who will masterfully carry out this work.
As we observe His dealings with Judah’s desire for quick and seeminlgy logical solutions, we will see that God has clear insight into the foolishness of our way and the reason why we do such actions.
This sets the stage for Him to reveal the skill of one who can heal such sickness in our lives.
God reveals the foolishness of our logical plans
Israel’s thinking.
They viewed Egypt as a stronghold.
Whatever lies ahead, they will be sufficient to take care of me (v.v.
2-3)
In verse 4 we are not sure whose messengers are being referred to (Judah or Egypt).
They Judean messengers may have been well received by the Egyptians.
This could be referring to the officers of Pharaoh and their strong control in their region.
The most logical way to gain the help is to send treasures to gain security (v. 6)
God’s revelation about their thinking
Your scheming and your plans did not star with me.
Your reasoning will continue on in unreasonable condition
Your end will be shame
Egypt will sit and do nothing.
Their promises are empty.
How do we know if our thinking is logical or logically foolish?
Our thinking may be I need this job, money, relationship, toy, tool, or this health.
We then predict the benefits that it would bring to us- security, happiness, and acceptance
What are its limits?
What situations will wipe this resource out?
If this thing that I need is the caregiver of my soul, what end will it bring me?
Who is resourcing this need?
Transition: God reveals the foolishness of Judah’s ways, but is His way just a better plan than Judah’s or is there more going on?
God reveals the heart of our logical plans v.v.
8-17
Illustration: Picture someone with crocodile tears running down their face and you walk over to find out what is wrong.
It is easy to get the answer of what is wrong in their world.
It is rare to get the answer of their selfishness
Picture God writing the journal, instagram, facebook page that will live on forever.
(v.
8)
They were meant to be a children flourishing under the care and teaching of their God.
(Lying children v. 9)
Tell us what we want to hear.
They probably did not say these thing but this is what their attitude conveyed.
God has ways that are right, but they are seen as restrictive.
The Holy Ones ways are unimpressive
Transition: So what does the dismissal of the Holy One look like?
You are putting your trust in something that will oppress
You may have apparent success, but the “wall is bulging.”
Your destruction is sudden and complete.
Transition: So what is the proposed solution>
Deliverance and strength comes from dependence and and stillness rather than self-made solutions and impatience(v.v
15)
Reference Exodus 14
Conflicts and problems now chase and rule you rather than used of God as tools to shape you and reveal Him
How do I stand still and allow God to fight for me?
Possible illustration of worn down house
What are things that are threatening or fearful to me or good things that I want accomplished
Where do I run? - I run to people.
I sit in pity.
I get busy.
Take on debt.
People become a frustration.
How do I rest?-
Rest is intentional.
Active eagerness.
I will keep loving a person (speak truth, stay engaged) with full hope in what God will do.
Transition: So that is part of the problem.
I don’t see God doing anything.
That is why I am so frustrated
God eagerly makes provision for you to be a part of His sure plans (v.v.
18-33)
He feed with adversity to break us of that which is starving us
He eagerly and closely wants to guide us along the way.
This is the sensistive ear we spoke of in the beginning.
Reference His provision in v. 23-26
Hone in on HIs healing at the end of v. 26
Isaiah 30:26
God eagerly teaches, provides, and heals.
Lastly watch how He fight on the behalf of His people in v. 27-33
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