Isaiah 40:28-31

Do you not know?

No I don’t. Know what?

  Have you not heard?

Why? What’s everybody talking about?

The Lord is the everlasting God,

He is? Well, good for Him. He’s everlasting.

The Creator of the ends of the earth.

He created all THIS? Even the BAD STUFF??

He will not grow tired or weary,

Of what? Ruining our lives??

    And his understanding no one can fathom.

Oh. Okay.

So wait a second. Let me get this straight. There’s this God that created EVERYTHING. And He’s almighty and powerful and all. And because of that, he can do whatever He wants.

And because He’s God, whatever His plans are, I’m not really in the position to judge Him for it?

Isn’t that kind of unfair for us?

 He gives strength to the weary

Oh. That’s nice of Him. But how does that make up for bossing us around, huh?

  And increases the power of the weak.

So he gives strength to the vulnerable? I’m confused. Why can’t He just give us paradise and let us be happy? Why go through so much for the same thing? I mean, he wants us to love Him, right?

Even youths grow tired and weary,

And young men stumble and fall;

Yes. WE ARE WEAK. I get it.

But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.

Oh. Okay. So… uh… It’s up to us?? It’s actually just our choice to LOVE you? To have HOPE in you? All we need to do is to CHOOSE to love you and YOU’LL do the rest? Will we have paradise then, yeah?

They will soar on wings like eagles;
They will run and not grow weary,

 They will walk and not be faint.

Okay. So maybe we won’t. Right away. But it’s quite amazing if you come to think of it. If you get out of your self-centered box of “me” for once, you can really see how this thing works. He MADE us. He GAVE us life. And yet, he gives us the chance to live it the way we choose to live it. 

WOW. Just… WOW.

But then we come barging into the picture, complaining about how unbearably tired we are. How weak we are. How oppressed we are. When in fact, all the energy, the love and the motivation we needed clamored for was with us the whole time. His faith strengthens us. His love nourishes us. His grace saves us. That was all what we needed to do. 

But no. We didn't do anything. We refused to open our eyes to it.

And because we have become so selfish, he actually had to send His son to DIE for us just so we could have the chance to see the truth again.

The God who made us, the God who had provided us, the God who gave us the freedom to live life to the fullest, had to BUY us from our weaknesses.  

WOW. Just… WOW.

And yet here we are, ignorant and angry.

And we never even bothered to know.

So, what do you think? Do we have conflicting beliefs? Tell me more about your opinions in the comments section. :)