Forever God

 Even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear, I will carry and save.  – Isaiah 46:4

You would think after so many warnings, they would have listened! Moses had declared to the nation of Israel that God, their God, had called them to be His special people. This was the “I AM” who had led them from Egypt and would now forge their way into the Promised Land. Israel needed to be faithful to God as He had been faithful to them. 

But they failed. They worshipped the golden calf in the wilderness (Exodus 32:19-20). They worshipped an idol as did their enemies. Human hands would take a tree and shape it into something that would be called a god. If someone was wealthy, he might cover it with gold. Pastor J. Vernon McGee comments, “If a man doesn’t have much money, he has a cheap god. If he is rich, he has a rich god.” What kind of a god was that?! It couldn’t hear or see; it would have to be carried and protected.  

Isaiah reminded Israel that theirs is Creator God – He had made them. He had carried each one from the moment of birth. They had seen what their God could do. He had protected them. He had blessed them when they were obedient.  

And He will do the same for you. He will bear your burdens and will guide you. He has saved you from eternal death – He is your Deliverer. Pray, dear one, that this nation would hearken back to the voice of the God who is living, seeing, and hearing the pleas of His people. Believer, don’t waiver from the worship of Him who will bear you up as you go through the trials of life. He alone is able.