I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Isaiah 39-42.

    Today’s passage is quite powerful. Our God is coming with great power. His path will be straight and level. All obstacles will be cleared out of His way. Mountains will be leveled and valleys will be filled in. There is nothing and no one we can compare to God. The entire earth is less than a grain of sand to God. Everyone grows tired, even young men in the prime of their life. But God gives strength to the powerless and energy to the weary. Those who put their trust in God and wait for His time will always have the strength and energy to do God’s will. I have always loved the image this passage provides. There is a great song based on the King James version which contains a line which says, “Teach me Lord to wait down on my knees.” I am striving to spend more of my time in prayer, waiting for the Lord to tell me what to do. However, later in this passage Isaiah reminds us that waiting is not enough. Once God has told us what He wants us to do, He expects us to act:

You see and recognize what is right
but refuse to act on it.
You hear with your ears,
but you don’t really listen.

I pray that when God speaks I will listen and that when I recognize what is right, I act upon it.