Isaiah 40: 21

"Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?" (Isaiah 40: 21)

I can almost hear Isaiah’s sense of exasperation with the questions that he asks in this verse. It is really as if he’s shouting at us, trying to get our attention. Unfortunately, it’s way too easy for us to forget all God has done for us...and continues to do for us. Or sometimes, instead of accepting the truth about who God is and what God desires for us, as wild as it may seem, we unknowingly still create idols we can understand. The foundation of all things, according to Paul, is and always will be God’s love. Long before the creation of the cosmos, before life existed, God had each of us in mind, desiring that we would be made whole and holy by God’s eternal love. 💕 This extravagant, unbelievable outpouring of love, made manifest solely in Jesus Christ, God’s only Begotten Son, was given lavishly to us because God chose us and loves us! (That alone is difficult for me to comprehend.)

God planned all this with much pleasure, just as we may lovingly plan a special celebration for family and friends because God wants us to enter the abundant life freely offered through Christ (if that comparison even makes sense...). When we actually do, we will find out who we are and what we are living for. That is something I want literally everyone to know!

MOVING FORWARD: Is Isaiah talking to YOU today? Have you not heard him (or otherwise...there are just so many distractions in our day)? 

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