I meandered into Isaiah 40 the other day. Not sure how I got there. I think I was looking for scriptures on strength and suddenly Isaiah 40 popped up in my online concordance. It took me to verse 29 but I decided to read the whole chapter first.
God announces to Isaiah in the first verse the theme of His message, “’Comfort, comfort My people,’ says your God” and comfort is exactly what I found there.
“See, the Lord God comes with strength, and His power establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His gifts accompany Him.” [vs 10 HCSB]
“Do you not know? Have you not heard? Yahweh is the everlasting God, the Creator of the whole earth. He never grows faint or weary; there is no limit to His understanding.” [vs 28 HCSB]
Comfort is resident in the LORD God Almighty. He alone rules. He is the everlasting God. He is the Creator. There is no weakness in Him. He is omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent and He loves us.
There is little comfort in this world and what is there is tenuous and fleeting. As we watch the “signs of the times” we find a hint of the soon return of our Lord Christ Jesus. If we are judging correctly in that, we know that things here in this world are not going to get better or easier. They are not going to return to what they once were. They are only going to get worse and more difficult.
We may shore up nations, economies, and societies for a brief time, but eventually they will crash, and we will witness the LORD God Almighty establish His rule by His power. His everlasting kingdom will come, and all will bow the knee to Him.
Comfort, comfort My People! Amen
