Do You Not Know?

“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 that 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 faint.”

Isaiah 40:28-31 NIV

“Do you not know? Have you not heard?”

I read this as if one of my kinders is asking these questions.

With child innocence. And belief. And confidence.

Shocked at an adult. Who would have the audacity to question ANYTHING about who their God is!

I can almost see. Each of my kinders’ faces. Asking. Excited to share. What they know. What they believe. About their God.

“The Lord is THE everlasting God, the Creator of the end of the earth.”

The ends. The parts we do not know. Cannot see. Cannot comprehend. He created all of it.

And He is everlasting. Never ending. Never failing.

“He will not grow tired and weary and His understanding no one can fathom.”

I have a shirt that says “I Love Jesus and Naps.” And it seems like I am always tired. Weary. Weary of these days. Weary of this walk. But He never is! So when I am weary. Physically. Mentally. Emotionally. And even spiritually at times. Needing naps. He takes care of me.

And when I cry out and rage because I cannot understand. What is happening. What He is doing. He lets me. Because He does. He understands. He knows what is happening. What He is doing. And just because I don’t understand. It doesn’t mean He is not holding everything.

“He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.”

Oh, how weak I am! In my own understanding. My own strength. My own motivation. So. Power me up, Lord! Because this girl. She is weak and weary.

"But those that hope. . . in the Lord.”

But. Hope. In. The. Lord.

Hope.

Lord, I place my hope in You. I am weak. Weary. Tired. And even disbelieving at times. I forget who You are. What You have done. I lose sight of the hope of what You will do. Are doing right now. Help me to be like my kinders. Confident. Innocent. Believing. Hoping in You.