Isaiah 44:6-8 – Our God is the eternal and unchanging One

In three verses, from verses 6-8, God made two claims to show that He was who He said He was. Firstly, in verse 6, He emphatically maintained that He Himself was the only true God. Secondly, in verses 7-8, He appealed to the challenge that He had put forth in earlier verses confronting the so-called gods to prove their power by foretelling future events. None of them could do so whereas He could. So He offered that as the proof and asserted Himself undeniably as the true God. His purpose was to make sure that the Jews understood who He really was and why His promise of their protection and deliverance were certainties.  

In these three verses, God revealed several truths concerning Himself. He was, firstly,  Israel’s King and Redeemer and the Lord of armies i.e. under His command were the whole angelic hosts ready to do His bidding. Never would there be an army big or strong enough to overcome the whole host of angels under God’s command. Secondly, God is the first and the last. This is what Jesus also said about Himself in the book of Revelations. He claims to be the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last. This phrase essentially emphasizes that God has existed from the very beginning and will never stop existing. He is the eternal immutable God. Thirdly, God made known that there had never been a god just like Him, none from the beginning and none in the future. He challenges any so-called gods to speak up and tell it to His face if they truly were a deity.     

All that God had done was to allay the anxiety of His people so that they could be fully assured of  His capability to rescue and restore them. So in verse 8, God called on them again not to tremble or be fearful. He had already declared to them what would come to pass and that they would be rescued and restored. Besides, God had appointed them as witnesses to His mighty power to confirm that there had never been one like Him.

The God we worship and serve is the eternal and unchanging God. And there is no variableness with Him. There had been none like Him and there will not be another like Him. He does not say one thing and does another. He means what He says and says what He means. We do not have to second guess His intention. He will never leave us in a lurch. Hence no matter how trying life may be, we can take comfort in Him. So let us be firm, immovable, always trusting our unchanging God, and always excelling in the work He has assigned us. This is the best way to honor Him!