The Power and the Majesty of God

Isaiah 40:21-31
This lesson is a kind of doxology. Every Sunday, we sing “the doxology” (Praise God from whom all blessing flow, praise him all creatures here below, praise him all heavenly hosts.), but in truth this is only one doxology, the one chosen by the early church fathers to be sung in worship. And the Bible has numerous doxologies recorded. Even the Gloria Patri is a doxology, declaring the preeminent power and majesty of God: “Glory be to the father and to the son, and to the holy ghost. As it was in the beginning, now and ever shall be, world without end.”
Another familiar doxology, though not called that, per se, is the closing words to the Lord’s prayer: “For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever." This version of the Lord’s prayer had the doxology amended to the versions of the Lord’s prayer that appear in Matthew (6:9-13) and Luke (11:2-4). We can also find doxologies throughout the Psalms and in other parts of the scripture.
The message of all doxologies is that God is without peer. He has all power, he is sovereign, he is the very epitome of glory, honor and majesty. He stands alone as our creator and as the arbiter and finisher of our fate. If there is hope for us, it is by his hand and by his grace. When we find strength in life’s withering circumstances, and are able somehow to carry on, it is the Lord’s doing. And every now and then, in the midst of our petitions and wailings, and routine expressions of gratitude, we ought to pause and acknowledge, even to ourselves, what an awesome God he is; what an awesome father he is; what an awesome protector/defender he is; what an awesome friend and foundation of hope he is! Not for his sake, but ours. Every now and then we ought to declare with our loudest voice that without God, we are nothing; that our highest calling is to serve him; that our destiny is all wrapped up in his will for us.