Ep 820 – Isaiah 40:12-31

Whenever someone says, "Trust me," it almost always elicits a natural reaction of doubt. The very fact that they are asking you to trust them makes you think they might not be trustworthy. And, the truth is, a lot of people aren't. But what about God? Can we trust Him? Well, in Isaiah 40:12-31, we're going to get a primer on the trustworthiness of God, and it's all based on the unequaled, unparalleled nature of God. He is trustworthy and true because he is holy. He is deserving of man's trust because He is perfectly righteous and beyond reproach. He has never given man a reason to doubt his goodness or question His integrity. And yet, even His own chosen people doubted Him regularly and repeatedly. That was the whole reason He had threatened them with destruction at the hands of the Assyrians. And, while He had removed that nation as a threat, the Babylonians were next in line, because the people of Judah still found it difficult to trust God. But the difficulties they faced were meant to drive them back to the always reliable and trustworthy arms of God.