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8th June 2024
SaturdayReflection
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Christ Fellowship Leesvill shares
Isaiah 40:28-29 The Message
Don't you know anything?
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Don't you know anything?
Haven't you been listening?
God doesn't come and go. God lasts.
He's Creator of all you can see or imagine. He doesn't get tired out, doesn't pause to catch his breath. And he knows everything, inside and out. He energizes those who get tired, gives fresh strength to dropouts.
Isaiah 40:28-29
There are times when it's tempting to wonder if God cares about what is happening in our lives.
We faithlessly wonder if he either doesn't see it or just doesn't care about us.
These are the kinds of questions Israel was asking God in the midst of their struggles as they faced God's judgment for their continual rebellion against him.
Isaiah spends a lot of time declaring the coming wrath of the Lord against his people, but he also speaks of the grace and mercy that will follow.
So, Isaiah is saying to God's people, I know you may feel hopeless, but you have every reason to hope in God, regardless of how you feel.
That's the context of our passage.
Just before verse 28, Isaiah challenges Israel's questioning of God's faithfulness,
"Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, 'My way is hidden from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God'?"
Isaiah's response to that question is verses 28-29.
He points them to God's character and his nature.
He reminds them that they have no reason to question God's sovereignty or his faithfulness.
That's what he means when he asks, "Have you not known?"
He is essentially asking them if they have forgotten who God is.
He reminds them that God has existed for all time, without beginning and without end.
He is the creator of the ends of the earth. It all belongs to him.
He never sleeps or even grows weary.
He is at full strength and full capacity every moment of every day.
Furthermore, his understanding is unsearchable.
So, when Israel claims that their way is hidden from the Lord, Isaiah is reminding them just how foolish that is.
There is nothing hidden from him. He understands and knows all things.
When Isaiah says that God's knowledge is unsearchable, he doesn't mean that it can't be explored, but that the bottom of it will never be discovered.
There is no end to the depths of his understanding.
So, no, Israel, your way is not hidden from the Lord.
Then, in verse 29 Isaiah reminds us that God is not only the sovereign, inexhaustible, creator of all things whose knowledge has no end, he is also giving and compassionate.
He doesn't use his strength only to crush others.
Instead, he gives power to the faint.
And to those who have no might he increases their strength.
He shares his strength with his people.
So, our right is not disregarded by God.
He is willing to bend down and give to his children and provide for their needs.
Such grace requires patience from us.
There are times when we must wait on the Lord in the midst of our hardship.
And, in those moments, we must remember that he sees us and cares about us, even it feels like he doesn't.
We can know that he is working for our good, that he sees us, and he will strengthen us.
For even young people tire and drop out, young folk in their prime stumble and fall.
But those who wait upon God get fresh strength.
They spread their wings and soar like eagles,
They run and don't get tired, they walk and don't lag behind.
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Christ Fellowship Leesville
We exist to make disciples for the glory of Jesus Christ through gospel proclamation, biblical teaching, intentional discipleship, and love for one another that we may present all mature in Christ.
(Colossians 1:28-29)
On Sunday May 22nd 2022, Refuge Church and Leesville Baptist Church voted to become one church known as Christ Fellowship Leesville!
By God's grace, he brought our churches together, has given us a unified vision, and has knit our hearts together to reach our community with the good news of Jesus Christ.
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