“Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!” (Isaiah 30:18).
The most important word in the text is the very first word, “Yet.”
If God were to be gracious and show compassion because we are such deserving and worthy people, it would all make sense. But that’s not the point of this verse. It’s that we are undeserving, unworthy, messed-up, weak, pathetic, err-prone, frail, stubborn, proud, repeat sinners.
YET!
“YET the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion”
WOW! That’s amazing. You see why we call God’s grace “Amazing Grace”? It truly is unbelievable.
Love what J. C. Ryle said when he wrote, “God knew what we were before conversion – yet he loved us. And God knows what we will be after conversion – yet he loves us still.”
That’s good news! That’s Amazing Grace!!!
Praxis: Faith in Action 