Seeking,Hoping and Trusting

Isaiah 30:15
For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: "In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength." But you would not.

God wants us to focus our hope in Him.... sometimes its the quiet confidence or hope in Him that He is looking for.... we as humans find it hard to trust and hope in Him... we rather do our own activities then to trust and wait for Him to lead us....

Isaiah 30:16-17
And you said, "No, for we will flee on horses"- therefore you shall flee! And, "We will ride on swift horses"- Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift! One thousand shall flee at the threat of one. At the threat of five you shall flee, till you are left as a pole on top of a mountain and as a banner on a hill.

Never ever do anything till you have seek God and have waited on Him for His leading...

Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many, and do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord.

It is very hard for a strong or smart man to wait on God's timing.... relying on horses or chariots may seem to give instant results... hwoever it wld be a weak results.... depending on God may seem very slow... yet the results is God-given and yield genuine harvest... such is the case of Abraham and Sarah...Isaac seemed so slow that they tried to help God by achieving the results by own way and produce a problem child Ismael. We must remember if we want God results there are times God lets us wait...as we wait He is developing character of patience and trust in us....

Jeremiah 17:5-8
Thus says the Lord: "Curses is the man who trust in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the Lord. For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land which is not inhabited. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not hear when heat comes; but its leaf will be green and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor seize from yielding fruit.