Isaiah 26:4 - "Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting strength."

Thoughts on today's verse:

The command is given: trust in the Lord. We also see the duration of the command - we are to trust him forever. When we stop and think on these couple of things, this instructs about our entire lives, and gives us insight into the very nature of God. Just from this verse we realize that we are not in control of our lives, that we are not the life giver, that we literally depend on Him. We also understand from this that trusting in God is not natural. If this were the disposition of every man, woman, and child on earth, then the command would be necessary. God is perfectly trustworthy and we have no reason not to trust, yet we don't. That ought to cause us to think for a moment!

Furthermore, the trust is not momentary or fleeting, but is enduring. God's nature is such that He is trustworthy beyond the bounds of time! He is most pleased when we trust him day in, and day out, living by faith according to what He has revealed to us in His word.

Finally, the reason that we ought to trust God is given: God, the true God alone, is in fact everlasting strength! There is no depletion of his sustaining power, nothing diminishing. His power was not affected after the creation of the world, the universe and all it contains; it was not depleted at the cross, nor will it be depleted in the final overthrow of Satan. The power of God as displayed in Christ was not depleted as he performed miracles of healings, and raising from the dead. God never sleeps, nor slumbers, he does not grow tired, his strenght is in-exhaustible; his character - pure, holy, righteous - perfect.

Our God is all-powerful, and worthy of our trust now, and forevermore. Are you trusting Him now?