Grass Withers and Flowers Fade

O. T. #1627 "Grass Withers and Flowers Fade"
Feb. 12, 2020
Isaiah40-Part 2

LET IT GLOW

Previously, we read about God's comfort that He would give to the remnant of His believers in another hundred years to come. Then, during their seventy years of captivity, and extending into the millennial reign of Christ. Isn't it wonderful how God applies the Word to the present situation and to us, then to future believers? He's like that, you know. It is with a loving, disciplining hand that He turns His people back to Him.

Today, we pick up at verse 6, reading through 8. What are people compared to here? People are like grass and their beauty fades as quickly as the flowers in a field. Plants wilt under the hot summer heat. We fade under the breath of the LORD. Humans are here today and gone tomorrow. Seventy years for a life used to seem old whenever we were children. Now that we are close to it, 70 years do not seem so old, does it? Oh, young folks, accomplish God wants while you are young, for energy passes so quickly.

LET IT GROW

Jesus is our sustainer, healer, Savior, Redeemer, and friend. He is whatever we need-The Great I AM!
How faithful Jesus is, even when we fail Him.

James used this illustration to teach the folly of trusting in material wealth (James 1:10,11). Peter used it to illustrate the passing nature of everything related to humanity (1 Peter 1:24,25). (MacArthur)

What is it that will abide forever? It is God's Word. That means God's divine plan and His promises are lasting, throughout all generations. Mankind is pictured as being so feeble that it cannot stand up to the Spirit of the LORD or the Word of our God.

People are mere mortals, but God's Word is eternal and unfailing. Public opinion changes and is unreliable, but God's Word is constant. We find lasting solutions to our problems and needs in His Word. We find the Truth, the Way, and Life-Jesus. God gives human life and He sovereignly takes it away.
Are we ready to go into eternity? This week we lost my aunt who was in her 90's. Such an inspiring Christian lady. One by one, my relatives are going to heaven. How comforting it is when we know they are with Jesus!


LET IT GO
God, You hold my life in Your hands. I will trust You forever.