God's Greatness and Our Weariness

Pearls of Biblical Wisdom for Believers and Fathers

David Gillette (my son-in-law) joins me in this podcast, A little over two months ago David was sharing with me about his pastor's preaching series on Isaiah 40. The more we talked the more we both got excited about the powerful impact this chapter of God's Word can have to encourage and strengthen believers especially in the light of the times in which we live. At that point we prayerfully began preparation to do a podcast together on this chapter. The first part of July I asked David to share his thoughts from this chapter at our family vacation during our time family worship. We were all encouraged as a family and had a number of testimonies afterwards concerning the greatness of our God in the midst of life's challenges. The more David and I interacted in preparation for this podcast it became clear that the greatest burden we both had was to somehow through this chapter see families, marriages, fathers and mothers strengthen spiritually. Before listening to this podcast we encourage you to prayerfully read the whole chapter and ask God to speak to you in a very personal way through His word as to what you need from Him at this particular time in your life. It may be something in the podcast or it may be something God gives you directly that we don't cover in the podcast.

Isa 40:1-11 is the first half of the chapter. 40:1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Isa 40:2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins. Isa 40:3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Isa 40:4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: Isa 40:5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. Isa 40:6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: Isa 40:7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. Isa 40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever Isa 40:9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! Isa 40:10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. Isa 40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.