“28  Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. 29  He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. 30  Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, 31  But those who wait on 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.” (Isaiah 40:28-31 NKJV)  It also would be helpful to read the chapters before this.

          Over the more then 30 years of being a pastor a common thread I have heard is the Old Testament God is so much harder than the New Testament God.

          What foolishness!  God is never changing and is the same in the Old Testament, New Testament and forever beyond!  We can see the same terror and violence in our own times as nations and even individuals are judged for their wickedness.  Maps change so much and great nations become weak and weak nations grow and become great.

          As in Israel if they come back to God they will be forgiven and strengthened and renewed!  Much of what nations and individuals blame God for is really the result of our sin!

          The passage from Isaiah gives us such an amazing picture of who we can be through God. God offers us “proof” of who we can become by revealing who God is!

          The God who created us is able and desires to re-create us. We spend and waste some much time and effort to make ourselves better but God is the only One who can re-create us!

          Please rethink your view of the Old Testament and see in the news God works in the same way now and forever! And now as in Isaiah’s time we can trust that God and desires to re-create us!