Isaiah 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
This passage his Isaiah speaks of God's sovereignty over the nations and all of creation. He knows all and sees all. His understanding and power are unrivaled and can never be overthrown. His greatness is manifested in all He has made, sustains, and controls. Therefore, it is incredulous that the question must be given, "Hast thou not known?" He always has been and always will be faithful to His promises. It is impossible for "the Creator of the ends of the earth" to faint or be weary in so small a task as protecting and providing for His own. Truly, "there is no searching of His understanding." The finite mind is unable to grasp His infinite wisdom and power. Because God is so great and mighty, I can place absolute, unwavering confidence in Him. Since He founded the ends of the earth, I can be certain that my needs are not hid from His eyes. I can expect, since His thoughts and ways so excel my own (Isa. 55:89), that I will not always understand the reasons for His workings. But, since He rules the universe, He knows what is best always. The LORD is too wise to make a mistake.
This passage his Isaiah speaks of God's sovereignty over the nations and all of creation. He knows all and sees all. His understanding and power are unrivaled and can never be overthrown. His greatness is manifested in all He has made, sustains, and controls. Therefore, it is incredulous that the question must be given, "Hast thou not known?" He always has been and always will be faithful to His promises. It is impossible for "the Creator of the ends of the earth" to faint or be weary in so small a task as protecting and providing for His own. Truly, "there is no searching of His understanding." The finite mind is unable to grasp His infinite wisdom and power. Because God is so great and mighty, I can place absolute, unwavering confidence in Him. Since He founded the ends of the earth, I can be certain that my needs are not hid from His eyes. I can expect, since His thoughts and ways so excel my own (Isa. 55:89), that I will not always understand the reasons for His workings. But, since He rules the universe, He knows what is best always. The LORD is too wise to make a mistake.
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The fear of the Lord is having a right concept of God. It is the understanding of Who and what God is. "The fear of the Lord is... the knowledge of the Holy," says Proverbs 9:10.
Listing fifty names of God and writing a short paragraph for each of them is one of my assignments this semester. The names of the LORD are His attributes, or things which He has revealed to be true of Himself. His character opens to us when we seek to know Him more fully, just as the true worth of a friend is made apparent to us as we visit and get to know him or her. One of the ways of doing this is studying His names. There are so many! Finding a mere fifty is no great feat. Discovering and meditating upon the LORD's names has been such a blessing to me; I will be sharing some every now and then so that I will not be the only one to benefit from this study. Our God is so... [grasping for a worthy adjective]... infinite. He has revealed much of Himself to us in His Word, but yet how much more must there be of His holy person which we can never comprehend this side of Heaven? Things about Himself which not even the angels can know? Man has no higher purpose than to "fear God, and keep His commandments" (Ecc. 12:13). Solomon discovered this after wasting his life upon riches, worldly wisdom, and material gain. We would be wise to heed this instruction early.
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