Feb 25 - Isaiah 40.28

Have you not known?

Have you not heard?

The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.

He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.

Isaiah 40:28

The end of Isaiah 40 is one of my favorite places in the Bible. In a verse of two, we will be reminded that God will lift us up on wings like eagles. We are reminded that God want us to soar.

It's not hard to guess the context of Isaiah 40.

The persecution had come, and the people were weary. But Isaiah assured them that "the Everlasting God" "does not faint or grow weary."

Their situation probably seemed unexplainable, but Isaiah reminded them that "the Creator of the ends of the earth" had a full "understanding" and we need not worry because "his understanding is unsearchable."

My favorite part of this, though, is the first two quick sentences in this passage.

In the time of Isaiah -- for most of the next 2000 years -- most people didn't read. Most Bibles were on scrolls and copied by hand. If you heard the scriptures, they were read to you -- chapter after chapter. For anyone who's attention span was waning, God -- through Isaiah -- screamed: "HAVE YOU NOT KNOWN? HAVE YOU NOT HEARD? PAY ATTENTION!!! THE EVERLASTING GOD KNOWS AND CARES."

Indeed, the everlasting God knows and cares about you.

In Christ's Love,

a guy who's often weary

and is glad he lay his burdens

on a God who isn't