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Isaiah 40:23&24
"23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; He maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble."

This week we continue to study Isaiah chapter forty making our way to what is one Isaiah's most famous verse of ALL! Yesterday we read Isaiah's sarcastic questions to idolaters, which he answers. All idolaters know the object of their worship is FAKE. They are given abundant opportunity to learn of GOD's existence and becoming acquainted with His majesty and glory.

Next, Isaiah confirms that God is sovereign of the entire earth and to GOD the inhabitants of earth are like grasshoppers - as insects- a busy, agirated, moving, impatient multitude, spread over the vast circle of the earth. Nonetheless, GOD makes us comfortable in this world our homes are places of comfort, security and familiarity, domesticated. 

Don't think for a minute that your comfort and success is somehow a measure that you are better off than others. In today's verses we read what happens to our rulers and kings. "That bringeth the princes to NOTHING; He maketh the judges of the earth as VANITY. Yea, they shall NOT be planted; yea, they shall NOT be sown: yea, their stock shall NOT take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them AWAY as stubble."

Think of the GREATEST powers in history; their wealth, their dignity, and their influence by GOD'S hand is reduced to nothing. Our leaders and rulers are no better than the rest of us. We are all like grasshoppers and time will take us away just as it took the cultures that came before us. All that we know will be blown away in the "whirlwind" of time. Only GOD will remain, forever and ever! Amen. 
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