Since the Word of God is God-breathed (2 Tim 3:16), it carries with it some of the same attributes as found in God. For example, the Word of God is powerful (Heb 4:12), it is Truth (John 17:17), it is Life (1 John 1:1), and it is Righteous (Psalm 33:4). As we learn in Isaiah, it is immortal as well! Isaiah 40:8 “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.”
Inherent within the nature of nature is the indisputable fact of mortality. Death, as a huge cosmic blanket, has engulfed the whole of creation in its darkness as a result of sin. Jesus spoke of the eternality of the Word, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away” (Matt 24:35). The Word of God will outlast and outlive creation, and this includes heaven and earth as well! The Word of God is not going anywhere! False religions, man’s opinions, theories, and ideologies will come and go, but the Word of God, the Truth, will remain unscathed, unaltered, unchanged, and immortal. So build your life, soul, and eternity upon the Word of God!
Isaiah 40 is communicating an even grander reality to us. The comparison is not between grass and the Word so much as it is between man and the Word. “All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field” (40:6). The real truth here is that no matter what man may think, say, or do, the Word of God will outlast and outlive him!
As believers, this truth nourishes and strengthens our faith in the promises of God. When we have withered and faded, the promises of God in Christ will remain! And so, we who believe in Christ will forever remain in Christ, in the presence of God. The immortal, eternal word declares it to be so!
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