Today’s Passage – Isaiah 44 – 47 Click on the references to listen to the audio – click here to view the text from the Blue Letter Bible website) (Second Milers also read – John 11 – 12; Psalms 41 – 45; Proverbs 9)
“Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.” (Isaiah 44:6)
There is no God, but our God. King of Kings, and Lord of Lords; the First and the Last; the Beginning and the End.
“Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.” (Isaiah 44:8)
Our Great God who chooses to use His people to be witnesses of His great power.
“I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.” (Isaiah 45:5-6)
The Loving God who supplies our every need. There is nothing that can compare to the One True God.
“For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.” (Isaiah 45:18)
The Almighty God who created everything, and has the power to sustain His creation. There is none else.
“Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.” (Isaiah 45:21-22)
The Only God who left His home in Heaven, and put on flesh, was born of a virgin, and shed His blood to pay the price for the sins of the world. He is Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. He is Jesus Christ.
“Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me…” (Isaiah 46:9)
Peace. (Romans 5:8)
God’s awesome power is so comforting. I know that whatever the situation I am in there is nothing that he can’t do.