The Isaiah 40+ Challenge

Northeastern Intervarsity staff have given us a challenge over winter break: to read Isaiah chapter 40 and onwards. It was so that we could continue to understand who God really is and what power he truly has. I flipped Isaiah 40 for the first time while commuting to and from Manhattan on a busy day, and it took a while for the words to sink in. I think what truly struck me the most were the following verses:

Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary
and his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary
they will walk and not be faint

Isaiah 40:28-31

What an amazing way Isaiah described God. Sometimes, I lose sight of what an amazing powerful God He really is. His understanding no one can fathom. I CRIED at retreat because of how much I didn't understand God's love. I am a sinful person. I have sinful thoughts. I do sinful things. His love, I cannot grasp at all. It's so amazing, so divine. After all that I've done, all that I've disobeyed, he still continues to show love by giving me everything I would ever need.

Even though I'm kind of going through a rough patch right now, I feel like this challenge is really helping me through. I haven't flipped open my Bible in a really long time, and I love it when I find applicable stuff just waiting to be discovered. It's as if God KNEW I needed some spiritual renewal. Just in time for Christmas.