Today is my fortieth birthday. I’ve been well celebrated already by so many kind people. Thankful for the abundance that God has blessed me with in this significant milestone.
Because I’m turning 40, I’ve been drawn to Isaiah 40 over and over again these past couple weeks. In there God speaks of comforting His people for their warfare has ended and pardon has been received, tells His people to prepare as God’s glory will be revealed and celebrated that beautiful joy that even though all else fades, God’s Word remains forever.
I think for me this chapter is an incredible reminder of the goodness of God. He has been there from the beginning. He tends his flock and gently leads those with young.
That’s me.
I’m one of His flock. He leads me.
The one who measured the waters of the earth in the hollow of his hand, who weighs the mountains and hills on a scale and needs no one to teach Him. That’s the one who leads me.
Thank you, God.
“To whom will you liken God?” There is no one
“Do you not know? Do you not hear? …Have you heard from the foundations of the earth?
It is He who sits above the circle of the earth”
Not me.
As I contemplate the 40 years God has given me and the many amazing blessings He has provided, the thought makes me realize how very small I am in the broad scheme of life.
But yet, God still cares specifically and individually for me.
“Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; His understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary and young men shall fall exhausted;
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
They shall run and not be weary. They shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:28-31
Thank you, God.
