SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 40:12-31
OBSERVATION:
The basic message is, ‘how can you criticize or complain about Me, don’t You realize who I am?’
God made it all, in a way, with a wisdom and a power that far surpasses us.
We have a lot of nerve to compare God to a statue, to reduce Him to our terms.
God is in charge, He directs and sustains the highest stars and the most powerful princes.
Everything God does is designed to help the weak and to humble the proud.
God is challenging His followers for forgetting Who He is, what He is like, treating Him like a man-made statue and complaining about Him.
The ones who soar are the ones who wait (trust, depend, lean) on the Lord.
APPLICATION:
As I read this I hear the question, ‘do I do this? Do I forget how big, great, smart, powerful God is? do I complain about how He does (or doesn’t) do things? do I minimize God to a mental idol, a pathetic idea that hardly compares with Who He is?
God is encouraging me to rely on Him, to keep my perspective straight – this world, these trials are nothing compared to Him.
We (I) need a big picture perspective, to see the world (and my life) from God point of view, that will help me soar despite my circumstances.
PRAYER:
Lord, You are awesome and You are good, thank You for holding the whole universe together AND for holding me together. Help me to soar with You! Amen.