I once heard it said that if you don’t ask for something, you aren’t going to get it. How is someone going to know if you want something if you don’t ask for it? If you are driving and get lost, you won’t get directions from someone unless you stop and ask.
Today’s verse refers to a time when God was ready to do something for his people, but his people weren’t looking to him. He was “ready to respond” but the people were not asking him for any help. They had their eyes elsewhere.
God is always ready to do things for his people. Many times we just don’t ask. Many times we have our eyes elsewhere. The Bible says if we ask we shall receive, but often we do not take the time to ask. God is always ready to be found. He’s not hidden but sometimes we hide him behind other things in our own life.
“The LORD says, ‘I was ready to respond, but no one asked for help. I was ready to be found, but no one was looking for me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am!’ to a nation that did not call on my name.’” – Isaiah 65:1 [NLT]
Tania Gutekunst 