Can we be too comfortable that we don't see God? Isaiah 32: 9-15

Reading through Isaiah brings to mind many things that that God's people did to bring on the judgment of God. Listed among those things was being too comfortable, too complacent.

Being comfortable isn't a sin. We should be able to enjoy the fruits of our labor and rejoice in times of comfort. But we must also not automatically equate comfort with faithfulness and security. We might just find ourselves becoming spiritually lazy if we are not careful.

Listen to the words of Isaiah.

9Listen, you women who lie around in ease.
Listen to me, you who are so smug.
10In a short time—just a little more than a year—
you careless ones will suddenly begin to care.
For your fruit crops will fail,
and the harvest will never take place.
11Tremble, you women of ease;
throw off your complacency.
Strip off your pretty clothes,
and put on burlap to show your grief.
12Beat your breasts in sorrow for your bountiful farms
and your fruitful grapevines.
13For your land will be overgrown with thorns and briers.
Your joyful homes and happy towns will be gone.
14The palace and the city will be deserted,
and busy towns will be empty.
Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will graze
in the empty fortsa and watchtowers
15until at last the Spirit is poured out
on us from heaven.
Then the wilderness will become a fertile field,
and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.

While this passage addresses the women of Judah, the message is clear for us all. We can become complacent and even dependent upon the things we have. When we we living it up and basking in our comfort, others are being forgotten. Look at the scriptures before verse 9.

6For fools speak foolishness
and make evil plans.
They practice ungodliness
and spread false teachings about the LORD.
They deprive the hungry of food
and give no water to the thirsty.
7The smooth tricks of scoundrels are evil.
They plot crooked schemes.
They lie to convict the poor,
even when the cause of the poor is just.
8But generous people plan to do what is generous,
and they stand firm in their generosity.

Starting with verse 6, needy people were being neglected and falsely accused. Almost sounds like our lives today.

Lord, help me to see with your eyes the things you call me to do each day. Thank you for my comfortable surroundings, but may I never hide from my responsibilities in them. In Jesus name, amen