For the Lord is God,

and he created the heavens and earth

and put everything in place.

He made the world to be lived in,

not to be a place of empty chaos.

“I am the Lord,” he says,

“and there is no other.

I publicly proclaim bold promises.

I do not whisper obscurities in some dark corner.

I would not have told the people of Israel to seek me

if I could not be found.

I, the Lord, speak only what is true

and declare only what is right.

Isaiah 45:18-19

There are several claims that the Lord makes in these verses and I want us to focus in on them.

1. I made the world to be lived in, not to be a place of empty chaos. This is a very important truth. The Lord makes it clear here, as in other parts of the scripture, that this world was made with an incredible PURPOUSE. It wasn’t fashioned in vain, or created to merely be a living ball of chaos… God made this world to be the perfect home for His greatest creation of all, Men and women created in His image! This truth is often questioned today… many people would like us to believe that this world, and consequently, all that is on it, are merely the product of chance or a cosmic accident. God tells us clearly here, this world was meant to be a perfect home! Right now, it is quite chaotic, but one day, it will be restored to full usefulness.

2. I boldly proclaim promises in public; I don’t whisper obscurities in the dark. Another allegation is that the Bible isn’t relevant to life today. This passage shoots that idea down as well. God says clearly here that He doesn’t whisper obscure words in a dark corner, but instead He proclaims bold and public promises, promises that are just as real today as they were when He first uttered them. Don’t let anyone tell you the Word of God isn’t relevant to us today. It has never been more relevant!

3. I wouldn’t tell people to seek me if I couldn’t be found. Other people today make it seem like truth is something we can’t know about with any certainty. Here God tells us there is something we can know with COMPLETE CERTAINTY: If we seek Him, we can find Him. God is the great absolute, or as Jesus said, “The Way, The Truth, and The Life”.

4. I only speak truth and I only declare what is right. God doesn’t make empty promises or worthless declarations. He is never guilty of telling us what we want to hear or pulling a bait and switch. God speaks truth, and truth is what we find in the pages of scripture. Truth about us, truth about God, truth about creation, truth about His plan and truth about where everything is headed. Friends, we live in a world where truth can be a hard thing to come by, and the experts are constantly changing their minds about what the “truth” is in any given area. Through the scriptures, we can know the one who is the truth, and know that He will never lead us astray!