"Behold Your
God"
"O Zion, You who bring good tidings,
Get up into the high Mountain; O Jerusalem, You who bring good tidings, Lift up
your voice with strength, Lift it up, be not afraid; Say to the cities of
Judah, 'Behold your God!"' (Isaiah 40:9) The message "Behold your
God" should be spread by every Christian to every person they contact. Christians
should tell others who God is and what He has done.
Behold God's power and greatness. "Behold, the Lord God shall come with a
strong hand, And His arm shall rule for Him; Behold,
His reward is with him, And His work before Him." (Isaiah 40:10) God comes
with a strong hand, a hand that cannot be stayed by any. God's strong hand will
bless His people and conquer His enemies. He will also reward His faithful
children.
Behold God's pity and tenderness. "He
will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs with His arm, And carry them in His bosom, And gently lead those who are
with young." (Isaiah 40:11) God leads His people and cares for His people
with the tenderness of a shepherd. When you are hurting, God gently gathers you
into His arms, protects you, covers you and carries you in His bosom of love.
Behold God's unlimited knowledge and
wisdom. "Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,
Measured heaven with a span And calculated the dust of
the earth in a measure? Weighed the mountains in scales And
the hills in a balance? Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord.
Or as His counselor has taught Him? With whom did He take counsel, and who
instructed Him.
And taught Him in the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge.
And showed Him the way of understanding? Behold, the nations are as a drop in
a bucket, And are counted as the small dust on the
scales; Look, He lifts up the isles as a very little thing. And
Behold
God's nature which demands our reverence. "To whom then will you
liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to Him? The workman molds an
image, The goldsmith overspreads it with gold, And
the silversmith casts silver chains. Whoever is too impoverished for such a
contribution Chooses a tree that will not rot; He
seeks for himself a skillful workman to prepare a carved image that will not
totter. Have you not known? Have you not
heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood
from the foundations of the earth? It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who
stretches out the heavens like a curtain, And spreads them out like a tent to
dwell in...To whom then will you liken Me. Or to whom shall I be equal?' says the Holy
One. Lift up your eyes on high, And see who has
created these things, Who brings out their host by number; He calls them all by
name, by the greatness of His might And the strength of His power; Not one is
missing." (Isaiah 40:18-26) Proud people should never try to make themselves equal with God. God "sits above the circle
of the earth" and compared to Him the earth's inhabitants "are like
grasshoppers." "Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things." May the entire world reverence our God.
This
great and powerful God is your Father and you are His child through humble
obedience to His will. (Hebrews 5:8-9, Mark
By Charles Box,