Isaiah 40:25-31
To whom then will you compare me, or who is my equal? says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high and see: Who created these? He who brings out their host and numbers them, calling them all by name; because he is great in strength, mighty in power, not one is missing. Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, 'My way is hidden from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God?' 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. He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted; but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
"The words of the Lord are like the eagle's wings, words that soar, words that cut through, words of great power and strength."
That is actually how reading this text made me feel-- lifted up in awe, wonder, truth and sensing a small glimpse of the greatness of God in the midst of our (my!) human limitations of weariness, lack of understanding, and powerlessness.
I want to keep these words before me today so I'm going to type them out and print a few copies-- one to put on my desk, another to carry around in my pocket.
This news is too good to forget today!
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1 comment:
"his understanding is unsearchable."
This line made me pause this morning. I must remember this! I cannot know why all of the time. God does and I should trust this knowing.
Such an uplifting passage.
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