Here is Your God!

Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Isaiah 40:1-10 KJV 

1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins. 3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: 5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see [it] together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it]. 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh [is] grass, and all the goodliness thereof [is] as the flower of the field: 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people [is] grass. 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. 9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift [it] up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! 10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong [hand], and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward [is] with him, and his work before him.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What is the Lord's command concerning the exiled people of God? Why? (v.1-2)
2) What is the "voice in the wilderness" to declare and how is that declaration to be done? (v.3-4)
3) What is to be revealed after this season of preparation for the people of God? Why? (v.5)
4) What else is the voice to declare? Why? (v.6-8)
5) What are the faithful remnant (Zion; Jerusalem) to do and say to the cities of Judah? (v.9)
6) What else is to be said about God? (v.10)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
7) Have you ever rebelled (disobeyed) the Lord? If so, briefly describe how the Lord restored you into right relationship with Himself and other believers?

LIFE LESSONS
8) The judgments of the Lord against His rebellious people are always tempered by His mercy and comfort.
9) The heart of the formerly rebellious believer is to be prepared for restoration of fellowship with the Lord and His people.
10) The Lord never gives up on His people.