Isaiah 40:12-17 – God is Great!
God is great in power as we see in verse 12. Because the people, were in such difficulty and such hardship, it would be difficult, perhaps, for them to really imagine that God could or would save them. But God can do so. Even though many of the problems before Israel and Judah were caused by their own sin, God was able to deal with them. God was able to deliver them. All those things that we think of as huge and overwhelming tempt us to think to ourselves, ‘It’s no use. Not even God can help us.’ These things that are huge and overwhelming to us are nothing to God. And they in no way block His holy will, His holy and loving purposes toward His people. Because our God is great in power.
God is great in wisdom as we see in verses 13-14. Something that has much power without any wisdom is dangerous. But our God, who has all power, also has all wisdom. God has all knowledge. He knows all things. But God also knows best how to bring about His holy and everlasting will in all things. He didn’t need to learn wisdom. He didn’t have to gain knowledge. He is the source of all wisdom. He is the source of all knowledge, and He wisely and powerfully works all things to glorify Himself. God wisely knows how to take and use all sorts of difficult circumstances that He has planned, and to use them to work together for our good. And because God is good and loves each one of us in Jesus, He guarantees that all this will work for our good. God knows best. And He who is great in wisdom knows how best to work in your life to make you more like Jesus, to make you to dwell happily with Him forever.
We see in verses 15-17 that God is great over man. Is God afraid? Of course not. Is God’s plan somehow stopped by the might and the cleverness of man? Or of many men working together? The nations, the great and powerful nations who claim that nobody can stop them, they are as powerful and mighty as a little drop of water in a big bucket. That’s all they are. All the efforts of the nations to be right with God can do nothing. It is the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and that sacrifice alone, which makes anyone right with God. God is strong to save in every single way. What folly it is to try and fight this great God!
Questions
- In what ways is God great?
- Why do we not need to be worried?
Prayer Points
- Pray for the preaching and hearing of God’s Word tomorrow.
- Use prayer points from your congregation.
- Pray for family matters.