I have spent time looking at Isaiah 40 for comfort. Yesterday I asked you the question, “Is God strong enough to comfort us?”
From verse 12 to verse 30 in chapter 40 God responds to that question, and He does it by asking a series of questions Himself. Listen to them ….
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand?
Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket or weighed the mounts on the scales and the hills in a balance?
Who has instructed the Lord as his counselor?
To whom, will you compare God?
What image will you compare him to?
“Who is my equal?
And then come the answers pouring forth in a resounding chorus!
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth.
He stretches out the heavens like a canopy and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.
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.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Is the God who is enthroned above strong enough to comfort His people?
Is the God who created the heavens and the end strong enough to comfort His people?
Is the God who sets up or brings down earth’s rulers strong enough to comfort His people?
Is the God who never tires, never grows weary, and whose wisdom is eternally strong enough to comfort His people?
You bet!
