EARLY in the summer I received an email from a pastor friend of mine; I printed it! The other day I received another email from Pastor Roland, and it caused me to remember the first one. Both were about 10 things! Things that God can’t do and things that will disappear in our life time! I’m going to address the first item on the list of things God can’t do.
“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.” Isaiah 40:28 This truth is a sermon unto itself! We could talk about God the Creator because in Him was nothing made except what He has made! Because He is the Creator He understands everything! But is it true He doesn’t get tired or weary?
WHEN WE study about His creation we see that after six days, He rested! Did God rest because He was tired? Did He rest because He didn’t want to create anymore? Did He rest to teach us a lesson? Rested is a translation of the Hebrew word for shabath; “to cease, rest.” So we understand that the seventh day was designated a Shabbath, the holy day of rest, which later through the influence of the Septuagint, came to be spelled Sabbath. Some say Sabbath means seven! Some say it indicates Sunday for Christians and for the Jew, Saturday!
IF GOD rested after creating, He rested because He stopped creating! So what was Isaiah talking about? In heaven there is no night, so to sleep doesn’t seem a requirement for our heavenly beings. However, God is everlasting! His love for us is everlasting; His patience with us is everlasting! He does not faint or grow weary of waiting for all to come to repentance! Isaiah calls the majesty of the Lord, the comforter. He never ceases to comfort and care for His children!
“HE WILL feed His flock like a shepherd, He will gather the lambs in His arms, He will carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.” Isaiah 40:11 Here portrayed by Isaiah, Christ is the divine shepherd. In other scriptures, He is called the ‘good shepherd; the chief Shepherd; the great shepherd’! As shepherd, He was to lay down His life for His sheep. He gives His sheep eternal life. His knows His sheep and His sheep know Him! He calls them, guides them and keeps them so He can cherish and feed them. He never faints or becomes weary; because He loves them!
OUR GOD is forever faithful and through His empowering grace we are drawn to Him through our faithfulness! God never faints or grows weary but God does turn the wicked over to their own devices and waits no more! “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 run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:29-31
SATAN seeks to destroy and God seeks to Save! I often ask myself, WHY can’t the world see the difference between he who destroys and HE who gives life? God is a living God and gives light, and the world only gives allegiance to dead idols, that includes self, which brings darkness. I would say that God never faints or grows weary, but God did send a flood and God still sent His Son! God did destroy Sodom and Gomorrah and God still sent His son! The world is evil; God gave His son!
THRU GOD’S Son, the Church began and the world has been shaken! God does not grow faint or weary, because when His son returns, those who are faithful get to go home! We should be happy that this is one of the things that God chooses not to do! Because, those who remain, God merely, and calmly, says; “Sorry, I never knew you!” God has all power, and can destroy; but through His love, He chooses to wait for you! Hear the call and quickly respond by giving your all, because in the long run, He is all that matters! Trust and obey! By Jane Ann Crenshaw 10/4/13
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