God works in mysterious ways. It’s cliche but truth for this chapter. He is flexing his muscles once again and showing that His plan cannot be thwarted – even by our rebellious sin. There is restoration on the horizon and that is the motivation. In the meantime, however, men will suffer horrible birthing pains.
Have you ever been here? There is suffering now, but hope on the horizon. It seems to me this is a common theme in Scripture. We see it here in the short term with Israel. We see it later in the big picture with Jesus Christ. And, we experience it now as we wait for his Second Coming. God has always been in the business of leading us through difficult times while providing a new hope to hold onto.
I think sometimes if God told us what the future actually held, we’d quit right away. These people don’t know exactly how restoration will occur, or even necessarily what they will have to endure to get that far. But the promises of God never return void. He is always faithful and just. The last part of this chapter really speaks the fact that most times we don’t know what God is doing when we are in the eye of the storm. But afterward, we see the glory in its fullness, and we are able to experience a refining through the fire.
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