𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐬 𝐌𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝

I’ve been reading in Isaiah for a while now. A few weeks ago, I was reading Chapter 45, and I kind of got stuck on it. It had so much to say that I re-read it several nights in a row, just soaking in the language. 

 

“𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥,

      𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘺𝘳𝘶𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧

𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮

      𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘳,  

𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮

      𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘵: 

 

When God’s timing is right, He will make it happen. He has a mighty plan and our own ineptitudes won’t be able to hold it back. His strength is greater than our weakness. 

 

² 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶

      𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴;  

𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘻𝘦

      𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯.  

³ 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴,

      𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴,  

𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥,

      𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦. 

 

That’s true – if we were able to do it on our own, it would be our own greatness that achieved it. Because He is able to act through our weaknesses, we are able to see His hand at work. 

 

⁴ 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘣 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵,

      𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯,  

𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦

      𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳, 

 

He allows us to be glorified through His actions. He will bring us to glory. 

 

    𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘦. 

 

Wait – what? Whoa! He’s doing all of this for someone who doesn’t even acknowledge Him? Am I reading this right? 

 

⁵ 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳;

      𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥.  

𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶,

      𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦, 

 

Oh! That’s just another way of showing His strength. Our God doesn’t depend on our invitation to flex His muscles. Wow – we really have an infinitely wise God. 

 

⁶ 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯

      𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨  

𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦.

      𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.  

⁷ 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴,

      𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳;

      𝘐, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 

 

It’s true. He created all that is around me; He really can use my brokenness to His glory. He gave me the strengths and the weaknesses that I have, and He knows how to use them. He planned me just the way I am for a reason, for His reason. Even I, as pitiful as I am, am His amazing creation. Therefore, in all His glory, I am His glory and I can assist in His glory by His might. 

 

⁸ “𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴;

      𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯.  

𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦,

      𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱,  

𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵;

      𝘐, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵.