Our Awesome God

Isaiah 40:21-24 tells us,

• Don’t you know? . . . Hasn’t it been told to you from the beginning?

• It is HE who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; (HE) who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to live in; who makes princes into nobodies, and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.

• Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth, when (GOD) blows upon them, and they wither, and the tempest carries them off like stubble.

God is not only incomparably great compared to idols, but he’s incomparably great in his relations with the rulers of this world. Even the greatest leaders of this world cannot escape what is common to all men – death.

Follow along with me now as I summarize this message in three points.

1. God is all Powerful, all knowing and everywhere: “His arm rules for him.” God’s arm, His Son Jesus Christ, shows us God’s power. With Jesus Christ, nothing is ever impossible – be it mountains to move, problems to solve, or bodies to heal. He is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent.

2. God is a very personal living Being. “His reward is with him.” It shows us that He is a very personal God whose greatest desire is a personal relationship with you. He came down into the pit with you in order to lift you out. He totally relates to you; to every pain and sorrow as well as every joy and triumph. And He even listens to you – even when you don’t make sense.

3. God is the perfect loving Shepherd. “He tends his flock like a shepherd.” He shows you that He’s a powerful yet tender shepherd who will not abandon His sheep, and wherever He leads you, it will take you to His perfect peace.

Psalm 34:18,19 reminds us, “The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all.”

Please join with me in prayer: Heavenly Father, open our hearts and our minds to receive the Truth of who You really are – not just the image that makes us feel comfortable. Ours is a world of shadows and mirrors, O Lord.

Create in us an unquenchable hunger for Your light and a total relationship with Your Son Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen.