God's Epic Care
Hebrews 11:3 (ESV)
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
Isaiah 40:27–31 (ESV)
Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my right is disregarded by my God”?
Isaiah 40:27b (MSG)
“GOD has lost track of me. He doesn’t care what happens to me”?
1. God is Your Powerful Creator
Isaiah 40:28 (ESV)
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
Acts 17:24 (ESV)
The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man
Colossians 1:15–16 (ESV)
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
Psalm 146:5–6 (ESV)
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever
2. God Gives Power to His People
Isaiah 40:29 (ESV)
He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
3. God’s Power Comes Through Time with Him
Isaiah 40:30–31 (ESV)
Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for 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.
Jeremiah 32:17 (ESV)
‘Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.
Psalm 27:14 (ESV)
Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!
Psalm 37:34 (ESV)
Wait for the LORD and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land; you will look on when the wicked are cut off.
Psalm 40:1 (ESV)
I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry.