FAMILY REUNION - VOTProphet #4

Isaiah 40-42
May 10, 2009
with Adam Waters

What images, emotions thoughts arise when you hear the word "family"?
What family traditions do you have?
What will you be doing this weekend for mother's day?
What does God's family look like?

Remember Isaiah’s Focus
• Judgment is not a bad thing for God’s people because it is from His hand.
• Hope in the future is not beyond the reach of God’s people.
• God’s people must encounter His holiness and either accept it’s cleansing or reject it.

THE Prophet’s VOICE
God’s people can find comfort only in their infinite Father.
• Isaiah 40
• Comfort comes in God’s still small voice whispering your punishment is over.(1-2)
• Comfort comes in God’s voice lighting a new/easier path. (3-5)
• Comfort comes in God’s booming voice that stands the test of time. (6-8)
• Comfort comes in God’s shepherding voice calling us home. (9-11)
• Comfort comes knowing He is limitless, immeasurable, vast and unbound. (12-31)

God’s people can find strength only in their omnipotent Father.
• Isaiah 41
• Father’s strength can cause the rise and fall of nations. (1-7)
• Father’s strength can choose us, hold us and win. (8-13)
• Father’s strength can make the impossible possible. (14-20)
• Father’s strength can bring about His future. (21-29)

God’s people can find righteousness only in the declarations of the Father.
• Isaiah 42
• Father declares “I am sending Messiah who will set everything right!” (1-4)
• Father declares “I have called you to be my lighthouse to the darkness!” (5-9)
• Father declares “I am coming to be with you through it all!” (10-17)

Wrap it up...
Are you a member of God’s people?
Are you acting like one?
Are you finding in Father a voice that fulfills your lives?
FATHER’S HEART-I am worthy, you have sinned, but there’s hope.