Do You Not Know?

 

“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.”

—Isaiah 40:28-29

Some say that rumors have wings like a butterfly. They flit from one possible landing source to another, blown ever onward by people’s insatiable curiosity for inside information.

“Have you heard about…” is the starting point of far too many conversations. Patrick Rothfuss in The Wise Man’s Fears records this conversation:

“I’d heard you were dead,” he declared.

“I heard you wear a red lace corset,” I said matter-of-factly. “But I don’t believe every bit of nonsense that gets rumored about.”

The Prophet Isaiah startled the people of Judah by responding with the following words to their criticisms that God seemed far away and did not hear their cries for help. Note what Isaiah said, as recorded in Isaiah 40:28-29:

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

Here is a rumor that is true and totally worth sharing. The Lord is the everlasting God. He will not grow tired or weary. No one can understand what He understands. Most of all, He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

Those words should cheer us onward, as we begin a new day. And, they are a good rumor, a true rumor, a worthy rumor—so, let’s share these words with someone today.

 

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