Laboring in the Vineyard

Reading:  Isaiah 6, 7, 8. 
     Verse:  5:4,5  "What more could have been done for My vineyard that I have not done it it? . . . Why did it yield wild grapes?" 
     I know I should be beyond this passage but for some reason it haunts me.  This image of Jesus laboring in the vineyard and then the vineyard yielding only wild grapes.  There is such a  poignant sadness here.  That our Lord labors for us - to bring us to Him and we still go our own wild way.  You read on through chapters 5 and 6 and see that God then takes away His protection - this is really scarey and tragic.  Our Lord is so loving and patient but . . . we still need to respond to that love.  We need to open up our hearts to receive His protection and saving grace. 
     Lord, forgive me for the times that I have turned you aside, for those times I have stubbornly gone my own way.  For even as your child I can still turn away from you.  I can still get out of your protection.  That I do not want to do. Thank you for Philippians 1:6.  Your promise to keep me, to bring to completion the good work that you began in me.
 
Ditat Deus - God Enriches