Is God weak? Isaiah 56-61

Isaiah 59:1

 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short

That it cannot save;

 Nor is His ear so dull

That it cannot hear.

We have such a limited view of our God.   LIke the unbeliever we see God in the context of what is happening and not in the character of who He is.  We look at the world around us and ask, "Where is God?"    Yet, we should stop looking at the experience and start looking at the God who is in control and WHY He is in control.   We see our problems and we think this or that is not going to happen.   But, we should cast our fears to the wind of Faith and remember that God is mighty to save.  There is nothing so far away that His arms don't reach.   We have the picture here of a people who saw God like a little boy trying to reach the cookies on the cupboard.    God is the one reaching down to us, not up to something He can't attain.   God is not so far away that He can't hear our cries.  It might seem like that at times.   However, God is right there listening and responding.   I love the story in Daniel when Gabriel, the angel, tells Daniel that when Daniel prayed he, Gabriel, was dispatched immediately.   But, he was hindered by Satan and it took a couple of weeks (Daniel 10:12-13).   God listens to us immediately.   Just because we don't sense or see His answer does not make His ear's dull.   He hears and responds in the way that we should rest in faith to embrace.    God is not weak and not distant and not impotent.   God is powerful.   God is active.   By faith we just rest in the character of God rather than the feelings and flesh of our circumstances.