Isaiah 40:21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded?
Not going to lie, I’m struggling a bit with this chapter in Isaiah. It began with “Comfort my people,” but the last several verses have established how fragile and ephemeral people are and how awesome and mighty God is. So what’s the ultimate lesson we are to learn here?
Isaiah 40:22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
If I had to guess, I think that Isaiah is trying to help us keep our faith in the right place. God is sovereign and eternal. People are fragile and ephemeral. We can love them–God certainly loves His creation fiercely–but our faith must stay in God, our roots must sink into God, our hope must center on God. He’s up to the task. Humans are not.
Isaiah 40:23 He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.
Precious Savior, Thank You for the truth You have laid on my heart this morning. Thank You for the reminder of how deeply You love your children. Thank You for the caution that our hope, our faith, our eternal joy must stay rooted in You alone. Help us to love others as You love while staying deeply rooted in You alone. Amen.
Isaiah 40:24 No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
Have a blessed day.