You have wearied the Lord with your words

“Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?” - Malachi 2v17

How does God get tired of our words? In this case Israel wearied God with their words when they went on they own merry way without worrying about their actions or their sin. Their attitude was, “Why not, God isn’t going to do anything about it.” Little did they know that God was about to send the worst kind of judgement on their sin. What could be worse that the judgements of the Old Testament? They were about to find out – four hundred years of silence from God.

There could be nothing worse than not hearing from God at all. Think of how it feels when fellowship is broken with a loved one. Think of the empty, hollow feeling consumes you. This is what Israel was about to experience.

God hates sin, and is going to deal with it. Today through the blood of Christ our sins are forgiven, washed over by the blood of Christ, and the judgement is paid. Yet, God still hates sin. As believers we must be aware of God’s attitude towards sin. We are still His children when we sin, but we can’t expect the sweet fellowship with Him that comes when we are living pure and holy lives.

If we truly want to hear from God and see Him at work we must see sin as He sees it, then confess and forsake it.