Take Comfort In The Hope Of The Lord

<sup>Isaiah 40: 28-31

28</sup> Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
²⁹ He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
³⁰ Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
³¹ but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

We can to take comfort in the Lord our GOD!  Isaiah 40 informs us that when we place our hope in the Lord our GOD we shall be able to accomplish what ever task GOD has set before us through his power and strength to sustain us. 

The passage makes many references to just how mighty our GOD is and how there is none that can compare. 

Isaiah 40:6-8

⁶ A voice says, “Cry out.”
And I said, “What shall I cry?”
“All people are like grass,
and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.
⁷ The grass withers and the flowers fall,
because the breath of the LORD blows on them.
Surely the people are grass.
⁸ The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God endures forever.”

Isaiah 40:12-20

¹² Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,
or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens?
Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket,
or weighed the mountains on the scales
and the hills in a balance?
¹³ Who can fathom the Spirit^[d] of the LORD,
or instruct the LORD as his counselor?
¹⁴ Whom did the LORD consult to enlighten him,
and who taught him the right way?
Who was it that taught him knowledge,
or showed him the path of understanding?
¹⁵ Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;
they are regarded as dust on the scales;
he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.
¹⁶ Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires,
nor its animals enough for burnt offerings.
¹⁷ Before him all the nations are as nothing;
they are regarded by him as worthless
and less than nothing.
¹⁸ With whom, then, will you compare God?
To what image will you liken him?
¹⁹ As for an idol, a metalworker casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and fashions silver chains for it.
²⁰ A person too poor to present such an offering
selects wood that will not rot;
they look for a skilled worker
to set up an idol that will not topple.

It is important that we remember there is no name higher than GOD'S name, there is nothing in this world that shall out last GOD'S word or his love for us.  Isaish 40 simply allows us to see that whatever it is that may marvel us here on earth is all GOD'S creation and can not compare to him.

Father God in the name of Jesus we pray for your forgiveness of our sin, for misplacing our hope in anything or anyone other than you.  You are mighty and deserving of our praise. 

We thank you for your grace and your mercy that you have shown us in our lives and we acknowledge your word and recognize that you could simply breath on us and cause us to fall as the grass and the flowers, but instead you have shown us love and have left your word that is everlasting. 

So we shall stand on your word and take comfort in your word that if our hope is in you; we shall renew our strength, we will soar on wings like eagles, we will run and not get weary, and we will walk and not faint.  All these things we pray in the name of Jesus Amen, Amen, and Hallelujah!