Isaiah 40 26 - 31
26 Look up into the heavens.
Who created all the stars?
He brings them out like an army, one after another,
calling each by its name.
Because of his great power and incomparable strength,
not a single one is missing.
27 O, Jacob, how can you say the Lord does not see your troubles?
O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights?
28 Have you never heard?
Have you never understood?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of all the earth.
He never grows weak or weary.
No one can measure the depths of his understanding.
29 He gives power to the weak
and strength to the powerless.
30 Even youths will become weak and tired,
and young men will fall in exhaustion.
31 But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint.
Whomever you are. Whatever you have done.
God cares for your troubles
He is the Creator and Sustainer of all things.
Nothing has been made by mistake or left out
All things are complete, Not one hair of your head is missing.
He completed the stars in their vast array and gave each one a name.
Everything He created has significance.
I tell you, you who feel like an empty vessel.
I tell you, your cup is full to overflowing
Look deep within for you are the embodiment of God's Holy Spirit.
He lives within you
Do you need help understanding?
Have you yet to be told?
Surely His Word is his bond.
' I shall never leave you, nor forsake you...' says the Lord.
Be amazed at the depths of His outpouring!
Surely His very life's blood was poured out and that whilst we were sinners.
How can anyone understand the depths of His eternal love?
Yet He chose both you and I whilst we were still sinners.
Come to Him all who labour and are burdened by many troubles.
Surely He Has carried our weighty burdens.
And made an oasis in the desert and wilderness.
The dry barren land shall become fertile once more.
For I have seen fit to supply all your needs.
I am the great and almighty God none is equal to me.
Who can compare to the Creator of all, both seen and unseen?
Did the behemoth create the stars?
Or Did the great leviathan cause the planets to journey along their paths
No!
For as great as these creatures are, they are made by the awesome power of the Creator
I the Lord shall renew the strength of the weary and lift up the downcast and down-trodden,
for I am both Creator and sustainer of all things.
I shall put a spring in the step of the lame and cause the blind to see and the deaf to hear.
I shall make the dry barren land fertile again and cause rivers to flow.
I shall turn the world around.
The jungle shall become like the desert and the desert like the jungle.
Those who have become rich by corruption shall be exposed.
Worship the Almighty God and turn to Him alone for he is worthy to be praised and honoured
Amen.
