The Breath of His Mouth
A few months ago, I urged everyone to try to memorize
one to three verses of scripture each week. So, how are you all doing?
The latest text I’m working on is from
Isaiah 40: “The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath
of the Lord blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the
word of our God stands forever.”
I like this section because it reminds me how utterly impotent
are even the most powerful politicians. Truth is, they’re nothing more than
grass in God’s eyes. He can just breathe on them – and they’re gone.
Then in the next verses, God adds this
word of privileged mission to His children – you and me:
“Get yourself up on a high mountain,
O Zion, bearer of good news. Lift up your voice mightily, O Jerusalem,
bearer of good news; Lift it up, do not fear. Say to the cities
of Judah, “Here is your God!” (Isaiah 40:7-9)
Although we are not of Zion, nor of Jerusalem,
if we call God our Father and Jesus our Lord, then He tells us to proclaim encouragement
to the cities in which we live, saying to them: “Don’t be afraid of those who
are truly just grass. Tell the people, Listen! “Here, here is your God.”
Tell them to trust Him. He is on His throne.
Nothing is falling apart. It’s all falling into place.
Here – with us, is our sovereign God.
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