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I Believe; Help My Unbelief

DAY 11 OF 14

OK! Here’s where you get an extra vigorous shake. It’s the language of WAKE UP! PAY ATTENTION! And it’s not rhetorical questioning. Again, in vs 28: Don’t you get it? Are you even listening? 

I’m sure it’s not just me who ambles along chatting to my walking partner (who … will remain nameless) and I realize he’s not paying any attention to my conversation. Did you hear what I just said? And, snap! Like that, he repeats exactly what I just said. Automatic replay. It’s a great gift– automatic replay. It could almost fool me into thinking he was listening. Truth is, (and he’ll tell you this too), he has a head full of busy thoughts of his own. Don’t we all. We often hear … but we’re not listening. Or we see … but we’re not paying attention. Or like Israel, we know … but we’re just too depressed to tell what’s true.

Has anything in Isaiah 40 shaken you into wonder? Or maybe this chapter has fallen deaf ears, a limp heart, and a foggy mind.

Prayer

Mercifully, keep shaking us to pay attention; to wonder. And, Lord, help our unbelief.

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I Believe; Help My Unbelief

Isaiah 40 is a pocketful of comfort for a languishing people. It’s served up in two courses: messages to renew hope and questions to reorientate worship. Main course–God’s good news; dessert: God’s glory. It wasn’t just Israel that was languishing; we all need this kind of nourishment to worship well.

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