God's Word outlast it all - Isaiah 40-44

In this section God begins with declaration of who He is and what He wants to do for those who trust in Him - He wants to Comfort them by providing us a Savior. As He unfolds this theme (the entire theme of the Bible) with a broad statement about God's Word lasting forever. In 40:8 Isaiah writes, "The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever." Comparing it His Word to the grass of the field is not necessarily a large comparison in our minds. Grass withers. We all know that. But, the contrast is not how great God's Word is over grass. The comparison is how brief the grass of the field is compared to how enduring God's Word is. One is so brief the heat of the day can scorch it. On the other side we have God's Word that will never fade. When we put our trust in the creation as opposed to the spoken Word we do ourselves harm. We lean upon God's Word we are safe and secure in our lives. God has give us the promisses of His Word as an enduring and trusted shield. We need to rest in them. We are to stop trusting in the temporal and rather relax in the eternal faithfulness of His Word.