Isaiah speaks a word to those in exile where defeat hangs heavy in the air, uncertainty pervades the ethos of Israel, and optimism yields to cynicism among the people. Then, Isaiah speaks the following word:
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 (Isaiah 40:28-31).
Pay attention to Isaiah’s claims on behalf of the LORD:
- God is not limited by time
(the LORD is an everlasting God). - God is not limited by space
(the LORD is the Creator of the ends of the earth). - God is not limited in strength
(the LORD does not faint or grow weary). - God is not limited in thinking
(The LORD’s understanding is unsearchable).
How about us … are we limited in what we can do? If so, we know through Isaiah’s word that God is able to help. As we pause this week and remember the Coretta Scottt King we celebrate that a people were willing to lean into a generational struggle on the Lord’s behalf. When we move beyond the concerns of today and our limited perceptions we are able to trust God “to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine” (Ephesians 3:20).
Continue reading “Waiting on the Everlasting One — Isaiah 40:28-31 & Mark 1:29-39”
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