Six-Shooter.

As we close out this week of reflections on Isaiah 40, let's take another look at six of the verses in this chapter. Pastor Sam described these verses as a ‘resumé’ of God's sovereign control: our LORD, who needs no help from anyone, is ever present to help us. He is supremely qualified to do what others consider impossible.

v  We serve the God who does the miraculous.

v  We serve the God who empowers martyrs to demonstrate His grace and peace in the face of extreme sufferings.

v  We serve the God who extended His mercy to ancient Israel, even as they lived through the consequences of their sins.

v  We serve the God who sees all, knows all, and judges rightly.

This God, miraculous, loving, merciful, and wise, is here for you and I today. Let us rest in His word, bask in His love, and hope in His faithful promises.

See, the Sovereign Lord comes with power,
    and he rules with a mighty arm.
See, his reward is with him,
    and his recompense accompanies him.

Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;
    they are regarded as dust on the scales;
    he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.

Before him all the nations are as nothing;
    they are regarded by him as worthless
    and less than nothing.

He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,
    and its people are like grasshoppers.
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.
No sooner are they planted,
    no sooner are they sown,
    no sooner do they take root in the ground,
than he blows on them and they wither,
    and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff. (Isaiah 40:10, 15, 17, 22-24, NIV)

"God runs things. Things don't run God." -Rev. Dr. Samuel Vassel