Be Faithful! Full Of Faith!

God is faithful therefore we can be faithful! James 1:17, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” God does not change, not even a hint of variation. His Word and Character are forever established What He has spoken will be fulfilled to the letter. You can count on that without discrimination!

Isaiah 40:28, “Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. 29He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”

Introduction – This begins the great second section (ch. 40-66) of the book. In contrast to the dark judgment of the preceding chapters, it shines with the light of the promises of restoration to the land (40-48), of the coming of Messiah (49-57), and of the millennial blessings for Israel (58-66). Though the people had not yet gone into exile, Isaiah saw beyond that terrible time to future blessings.

Isaiah talks about the sovereignty of God and His faithfulness to His Word (promises). Isaiah 40:10 – His wages or reward of blessings to the godly (obedient) and retribution to the wicked (disobedient). 

Isaiah 40:22 – God is the Governor of the world, sitting on the circle of the world and controlling the rulers of the world. Nothing escapes His sight or control. (The plan of God is predetermined. The players are not. His plan is not constrained by the limits of time.) The Book has already been written. We know how this is going to end. God’s plan has been established from the dawn of time. He is both the beginning and the end and it all will play out just as the Book has declared. The only influence we have in the outcome is the role we will play. That is a matter of our choice. (continued)