David, a man the Bible calls “a man after God’s own heart”, describes the majesty of God and then the effects it has on his life, in Psalm 8. The prophet Isaiah also paints a majestic picture in which he frames how the majesty of God can give us strength, perseverance and hope in the midst of our most difficult circumstances.

1. The Majesty of God
The Character of God

2. Majesty
Psalms 93:1 The LORD reigns, he is robed in majesty;
the LORD is robed in majesty and is armed with
strength. The world is firmly established; it cannot be
moved.

3. Psalms 145:5 They will speak of the glorious splendor of
your majesty, and I will meditate on your wonderful
works.

4. 2 Peter 1:16 We did not follow cleverly invented stories
when we told you about the power and coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his
majesty.

5. God is Greater Than...
Nature
Isaiah 40:12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow
of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off
the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth on a
basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales…?

9. God is Greater Than...
Nations
Isaiah 40:15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a
bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales; he
weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.

12. God is Greater Than...
World
Isaiah 40:22 It is He who sits above the circle of the
earth and whose inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who
stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them
like a tent to dwell in.

15. God is Greater Than...
Isaiah 66:1 Heaven is my throne and the earth my
footstool.

16. God is Greater Than...
World Leaders
Isaiah 40:23 …who brings princes to naught and makes
the rulers of the earth as nothing.

17. God is Greater Than...
24 Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown,
scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth when he
blows on them and they wither, and the whirlwind
sweeps them away like chaff.

18. God is Greater Than...
The Universe
Isaiah 40:25 "To whom will you compare me that I
should be like him? Or, who is my equal?" says the Holy
One.

19. God is Greater Than...
26 "Lift up your eyes and see! Who created these? He
who brings out their host by number, calling them all by
name, because of his great power and mighty strength
not one is missing.

25. Man's Questions, God's Answers
Isaiah 40:27 Why do you say, O Jacob, "My way is hid
from the Lord and my right is disregarded by my God?"
1. Question #1: "Does God even know what we're going through?"
2. Question #2: "Why doesn't He do more?"

26. Man's Questions, God's Answers
28"Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is
the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no
one can fathom."

27. Man's Questions, God's Answers
What God offers is something we don't
want but need more than anything else.

28. Man's Questions, God's Answers
Isaiah 40:29 He gives strength to the weary and to him
who has no might he increases strength.

29. Man's Questions, God's Answers
30 Even youths shall grow faint and be weary and young
men stumble and fall.

30. Man's Questions, God's Answers
31 But those who wait for the Lord shall renew their
strength. They shall soar on wings like eagles. They shall
run and not grow weary, they shall walk and not faint.