November 15, 2018 - - Isaiah 66:2 - - Tremble at the Word

For all those things My hand has made,

And all those things exist,”

Says the Lord.

“But on this one will I look:

On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,

And who trembles at My word.

Isaiah 66:2 NKJV

The Mighty Creator of heaven and earth knows us: every single person who lived, lives, is being formed in the womb right now, and who will live in the generations to come. The promise of this passage is that the LORD will see and therefore help those who are broken and teachable. These are the people who tremble at His Word. What does it mean to tremble at the word of God?

Scripture interprets Scripture. Read this:

The grass withers, the flower fades,

But the word of our God stands forever.

Isaiah 40:8 NKJV

The broken and teachable tremble at the word of God because it is more reliable than any testimony of man. Christians tremble at the word of God because theories change, world-views rise and fall, and those who propose them fall into disfavour--but what God has entrusted to us in His word, that is utterly reliable. Blessed be His Name.

Spirit of God, break my stone-hard heart and give me a heart of flesh, a heart that trembles at the Word of God. Father in heaven, thank You for the precious gift of the Bible. King Jesus, thank You that the pages of Scripture show You truly are the One Who brings us to the Father as beloved sons and daughters. Amen.