Found by those who do not seek Him

Romans 10:20-21

20 Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, I have been found by those who did not seek Me; I have shown (revealed) Myself to those who did not [consciously] ask for Me.

21 But of Israel he says, All day long I have stretched out My hands to a people unyielding and disobedient and self-willed [to a faultfinding, contrary, and contradicting people].

We are largely a gentile nation.  So when Isaiah boldly said that God has been found by those who did not seek Him, and that God has revealed Himself to those who did not consciously ask for Him - He is referring to us.  Gentile believers in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  Gentiles who came into the Kingdom on grounds of grace and faith in Jesus.  Think about this for a moment.  Gentiles, who had no background nor concept of a God of love, Who chooses to take the sin of man upon Himself, instead of letting man die in his own sin.  Mostly this is a complete foreign idea to any gentile.  However, 2000 years later, I am afraid that what is increasingly true of the so-called Christian gentile nations, that used to be found by Him Whom we did not seek, is rather the same thing as what verse 21 says of Israel.  We have come to a place in history where God is saying "All day long I have stretched out My hands to a people unyielding and disobedient and self-willed [to a faultfinding, contrary, and contradicting people]. This is what we have become.  A faultfinding, disobedient and self-willed people. There is but one hope for us:  Humble ourselves before God, repent and ask for His mercy.  Return to God with all our hearts, minds and strength.  Lay down our self-willed-ness and yield our prideful hardened hearts before Him in humility and in faith that He loves us so much, that He is still the God Who will let Himself be found by a people that do not seek Him.  That He still will reveal Himself to a people that do not consciously ask for Him!

Point to ponder

Am I an unyielding, disobedient and self-willed human being?  Then let me humble myself and ask the God of the Bible to reveal Himself to me, even though I am not seeking Him as I should and even though I am faultfinding and contrary to God.  

How great is our God - Chris Tomlin (world edition)