Isaiah 7:10-14

 Pray without ceasing…Lord help me to pray!

There is nothing too small or too large in your life that God, in the name of Jesus, cannot answer. 

I have allowed Him to guide me in the most mundane, earthly, daily things and in the depths of my most painful, life shattering events…He has always answered my pitiful attempts at prayer. In the measure we believe Him is the measure that we can receive from Him. 

It is not in the eloquence of speech that God reacts, it is in the simple, heartfelt asking of His child. I love you Daddy!

Isaiah 7:10-14

10 Moreover the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 11 “Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; ask it either in the depth or in the height above.”

12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I test the Lord!”

13 Then he said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.

Isaiah’s meeting with Ahaz should have encouraged his faith in Yahweh to deliver Judah from its present predicament. Instead, Ahaz discounts the reassurance Yahweh offers, and compounds his sin by refusing a divine sign. The sign of Immanuel  has implications for the immediate future: Within a year or two—the time it would take for a woman to conceive, give birth, and rear a young boy—the threat from the Syro-Ephraimite alliance will have passed. The ultimate fulfillment of the sign points to the future restoration of God’s relationship with His people through the miraculous birth of God in human form. Faithlife Bible.

Isaiah’s prophecy was principally addressed to King Ahaz, it was directed to others also. Ahaz could ask for any sign he wished. In the mouth of the wicked Ahaz, these arrogant words rang hollow. Isaiah is speaking to the entire royal line of David. God responded to Ahaz in indignation. This petty and arrogant king dared to refuse the Lord; he would not trust in God even when his enemies surrounded him. Isaiah turns from the king whom he has dismissed in judgment and addresses all who are present. The sign is for many. 

The word Lord speaks of the sovereignty of God, of His great control over all His creation. The pronoun Himself adds an absolute certainty to the impending sign. The Hebrew word rendered virgin means “a young woman of marriageable age.” But the word also connotes the idea of virginity, for the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible made in the second century b.c., translates the Hebrew word with a Greek word that specifically means “virgin.” NKJ Bible.

Isaiah 8:10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; Speak the word, but it will not stand, for God is with us.”

Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

Luke 1:31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS.