God told Isaiah to go to King Ahaz, an evil king, and take his son, Shearjashub, which means "the remnant shall return," with him to warn the king that Syria and Ephriam have taken evil counsel to go against Judah and wage war against it. He took his son because, in that time, children had prophetic names, and Shearjashub was a prophecy for Ahaz. This simplified story is only to give you a picture of what was happening during that time; what I want to spotlight is something Ahaz said, and many people today think the same way.
Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. Isaiah 7:10-12
What Ahaz said was a cop-out and would not ask God for help because he depended on the Assyrians and their gods and didn't want to be beholden to God and didn't want to believe in Him. Isaiah includes a strange but important prediction anyway, that seems out of place, that the Messiah would come from his line. However, things would not go well for them.
And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. Isaiah 7:13-15
The main point that I wanted to make is to ask God for anything. He told Ahaz to ask Him for a sign, but he refused. How many of us think we can handle things on our own and suffer because we failed to ask God to help us? Also, if we don't ask, and God still helps us because He loves us, we will think we handled things ourselves instead of giving God the glory for his intervention. We must talk to God; He's big enough to help all of us simultaneously, and it doesn't weary Him to hear from us and intercede on our behalf.
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