Inspired by Isaiah 40

Written By Kelly Ann Hall

What do you know about God?

Do you ever get the chance to reflect on how all that is came to be?

Who else but God could have done it?

God, in full authority, looked upon Earth; God was stationed so high above,

our world’s inhabitants looked like insects.

And then with such mastery,

God laid out the skies and set them in motion.

Have you ever looked up and got lost in their beauty? A canopy of clouds by day, stars by night.

God reminds us of our place in all things. Even those who carry the most power on earth will be humbled in the Presence—

rulers, judges, the rich and powerful,

no one measures up to God’s greatness.

There are only so many breaths between birth and death. We make of our life what we can before the end,

and we return to nothing more than scraps in the wind.

God keeps telling us:

“Nothing compares to me, nothing and no one on Earth.”

All you have to do to know is gaze upon the stars! Who else could have placed them with such precision? Who else knows each star by name?

Who else is wise enough to hold the skies together?

The stars know who.

They honor God, shining salutations

for the only one able to tend to them all.

So, to those of us who have God’s word,

to those of us who are the beloved of God,

how can we hold any thought

that who we are and what we do goes unnoticed? How can we think that God forgets our needs?

What do we know about God?

We are all still learning, God is still teaching!

God is the Eternal, the Everlasting, the Creator of all things big and small. We will never wear God out,

and we will never know the depths God’s divine wisdom.

God strengthens us when we fall, invigorates us year in and year out

while we work and worry ourselves sick.

The young aren’t immune, they wear out, too. Even the strongest get weak-kneed and stumble.

Nevertheless,

those who put their hope in the Eternal God will know their strength restored.

They will fly high on wings like eagles;

they will run full speed and not grow weary,

they will walk miles and miles and never grow faint.