Creator

Devotion by: Joni White

Isaiah 40:25-31
²⁵To whom then will you compare me,
or who is my equal? says the Holy One.
²⁶Lift up your eyes on high and see:
Who created these?
He who brings out their host and numbers them,
calling them all by name;
because he is great in strength,
mighty in power,
not one is missing.
²⁷Why do you say, O Jacob,
and speak, O Israel,
‘My way is hidden from the Lord,
and my right is disregarded by my God’?
²⁸Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.
²⁹He gives power to the faint,
and strengthens the powerless.
³⁰Even youths will faint and be weary,
and the young will fall exhausted;
³¹but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength,
they shall mount up with wings like eagles,
they shall run and not be weary,
they shall walk and not faint.

God created us in his own image--an image of never-ending strength and life without end. In spite of our sinful weaknesses, he fervently wants to have an intimate relationship with each of us by name.
In our Crossways class, we've been learning that God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things. God was with such a group of people 25 years ago, when Christ the King Lutheran was founded. I give thanks to God for creating this extraordinary church and congregation! This church family has opened my eyes to God's everyday miracles and his uncommon grace. It will be an honor to place my signature on our Living Charter document as we ordinary people begin our next 25 years as a congregation, created by our "everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth."

Prayer: Heavenly Father, You will not grow tired or weary, and your understanding no one can fathom. You give strength to the weary and increase the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Our hopes rest in you, LORD. We give thanks and praise to you in the name of your redeeming son, Jesus Christ. Amen.