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October 29
Wednesday


PERSPECTIVE

READ: Isaiah 40:12-13, 25-31
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He... sits above the
circle of the earth, and
its inhabitants, are like
grasshoppers.
__Isaiah 40:22
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Question: When is a bird bigger than a mountain? Answer: When the bird is closer than the mountain.

In reality, the bird is not bigger than the mountain, but it sure looks that way when the feathery fellow is perched on my window ledge and the mountain is far away in the distance.

sometimes we perceive God this way in relationship to our problems. The troubles facing us seem huge because they are so close__like a big black bird with beady eyes and a sharp beak waiting for a smaller animal's weariness to turn into helplessness so it can devour it. At such times, God seems as far away as a distant mountain, and we perceive Him as being small and unreachable.

The prophet Isaiah changes our perspective by asking these rhetorical questions: "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?" (40:12). The Lord "gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength" (v.29).

Just as a bird is never bigger than a mountain, no problem is ever bigger than God. It's all a matter of changing our perspective. __Julie Ackerman Link
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````````````````The problems that we face each day```````````````
````````````````````Can seem too much to bear``````````````````
```````````````````Until we turn our eyes to Christ````````````````
`````````````````And trust His tender care. __Sper````````````````
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We worship a God who is greater
than our greatest problem.

**********Today's Bible Reading __ Isaiah 40:12-13, 25-31**********

12 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? 13 Who
has directed the Spirit of the
LORD, or as His counselor
has taught Him?...

25 To whom then will you
liken Me, or to whom shall I
be equal? says the Holy One.

26 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.

27 Why do you say, O
Jacob, and speak, O Israel:
"My way is hidden from the
LORD, and my just claim is
passed over by my God"?

28 Have you not known?
Have you not heard? The
everlasting God, the LORD,
the Creator of the ends of the
earth, neither faints nor is
weary. His understanding is
unsearchable. 29 He gives
power to the weak, and to
those who have no might He
increases strength. 30 Even
the youths shall faint and be
weary, and the young men
shall utterly fall, 31 but those
who wait on the LORD shall
renew their strength; they
shall mount up with wings
like eagles, they shall run
and not be weary, they shall
walk and not faint.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

After prophesying that God will use the Assyrians ((Isa. 1-35) and
Babylonians (chs. 36-39) to punish Judah, Isaiah comforts Judah
with the hope and blessings of future restoration (chs. 40-66). In
chapter 40, Isaiah speaks of God's sovereignty and majesty (vv.1-26)
and His loving care and provision for His people (vv.11,27-31).
__Sim Kay Tee