Leaves, blessed leaves . . . and green and blue and warmth. Praise God that the winter is ended, and the spring has come at last. Behold the creativity and kindness of our gracious God.
Reading in Isaiah 40 for the last week or so, I have found many crying-outs, many proclamations. Isaiah is told to proclaim that Jerusalem's warfare is ended, that the glory of the Lord is to be revealed, that our transience is true. There is much to learn here.
What strikes me today, though, is that the last proclamation is much more profound and more glorious than the others, almost as though the first three cryings were only a preface. Isaiah is to get up to a high mountain, lift up his voice with strength, and say this: "Behold your God!" Please read Isaiah 40:9-31 and behold this God of whom the Lord speaks through his prophet. And understand why all the other proclamations are a mere preface.
I love those verses! Thank you for the post!
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