Isaiah 45 continues to help us understand the God we serve. He makes a very powerful statement: “I am GOD, the only God there is”. Those words are in this chapter numerous times. There is only one God. Sometimes we want to allow the thought that there may be others, but there is only one God, the God of the Bible and He alone is our single focus. As humans we allow other things to become gods, Isaiah calls them “no-god blocks of wood” that we tend to create and allow to get our focus. But God is God and alone worthy of our praise. Isaiah again captures a long list of who God is and the action He takes:
- I’ll go ahead
- I’ll break down
- I’ll lead you
- I form light
- I make harmonies
- I form light
- I generate all
- I made earth
- I created man and woman
- I handcrafted the skies
Not a pansy list of things God has and is doing. He is God. But the real good news for us is what Isaiah tells us as the rest of the story. Check out His mission: “So turn to me and be helped–saved!- everyone, whoever and wherever you are”. God is ready to reach out to us if we only turn to Him. And further Isaiah seals the wonderful news with this reality: “And all who are connected…will have a robust, praising, good life in GOD”! The promise of God’s love is real. He is waiting to take action in your life and in mine. Not by forcing his way in, but by responding to our call. He wants to be faithful to His word. Isaiah records it this way: “Every word out of my mouth does what it says”. God never fails to perform on what He has promised and said. We need to live life based on His Word. He is faithful and worthy of our praise!
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