What is the message of Isaiah 40?

Isaiah 40 is designed to take your focus away from everything else and consider the Sovereign Lord, the one true, living God. The chapter begins with a message of comfort and redemption from the Lord (verses 1-2). It points to the coming of Christ and good news (9-11).

When you pass through the waters meaning?

In this verse, God is telling the Jewish people that He will be with them in their most troubling times, supporting them through them, giving them the strength to move beyond them and delivering them out of danger without harm.

Where in the Bible does it say Comfort ye comfort my people?

Isaiah 40–49
Isaiah 40–49: “Comfort Ye My People”

When you walk through the waters I will be there?

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.

How do I renew my strength?

Here are some tips to renewing our strength each day.

  1. Get with God every day. When we begin to understand how big and strong and able God is, then hope automatically comes.
  2. Count your blessings. There is something very powerful and profound that happens when I simply look for the good around me.
  3. Seize the moments today.

What Does comfort mean in Isaiah 40?

But here God’s word assures his people of a time that God will restore his people in Jerusalem. This word of comfort is about restoration and reconciliation of God to his people. This word of comfort ultimately looks to Christ. Christ speaks a word of comfort from God to people under the just judgment of God.

What does it mean to wait on the Lord?

In the scriptures, the word wait means to hope, to anticipate, and to trust. To hope and trust in the Lord requires faith, patience, humility, meekness, long-suffering, keeping the commandments, and enduring to the end. To wait upon the Lord means planting the seed of faith and nourishing it (see Alma 32:41).