What does God feel and do when we rebel? Isaiah 1-6

Isaiah 1:2

Listen, O heavens, and hear, O earth;

For the Lord speaks,

“ Sons I have reared and brought up,

But they have revolted against Me.

Have you ever had a child act rebellious to you?   Have you wondered what it is like for God when we disobey Him?   Simply compare the answers to these two questions.   God had chosen Abraham among all the people of the earth to make a great nation out of them ... Israel.   They (the Israelites) didn't have any choice in the manner (Romans 9-11).   Abraham was not chosen because he was so special, but because God wanted Him!!   God gave him and the nation everything.  They were His chosen children.  He adopted them.  He gave them His name; His blessing; His law; His covenants; His promises (Romans 9:1-8).   They were the apple of His eye.   Yet, they rebelled against Him.   They turned their back on Him.  That is what Isaiah is all about.   It is about a God whose children turned their back in rebellion and God disciplines them.   God brings His wrath around them and on them.    And, then, more toward the end of the book then the beginning, He tells of His grace.  He tells of a remnant that will receive grace and be rich with His salvation.   If you ever wondered what it is like for God when we rebel, think of what happens when God gives us everything and we turn out back on Him, like the nation of Israel.   You have probably thought, at times, that here is your son or daughter and you gave them life, food, clothing, housing, support, care, material possessions and then they rebel and revolt.   You hurt is unmearsurable.   Yet, that is how our walking contrary to God would feel toward Him.  Still, He is willing to forgive.    

Perhaps a second lesson here is that God has provided everything the nation needs in the perfect motive and manner and yet they still revolt.   When you and I give to our kids we can have wrong motives.  We can have improper "parenting" manners.    They might have a good reason to rebel from our failed fathering/mothering.   But, God was the perfect Father ... yet, His children still rebelled.  Rebellion is in the heart man.  Despite the perfect Parent they walked away, revolting.   God, the Father, didn't stop them, but He did discipline them.   God will react when we walk contrary to His will.   If you wonder what God feels or does when we walk away from him, think of your own children.  They might walk away from the perfect parenting (which we are not).  Like God, we should discipline in love and be ready to bring them back at a moment notice.