"The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever." Isaiah 40:8

"The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever." Isaiah 40:8

It’s the time of year as soon as the sun comes out and it’s not snowing, everyone is out in their yard cleaning it up in preparation for April showers May flowers. Men are mowing non-existent grass. Piles of dead flowers and leaves in all the yards.

Isaiah was using familiar images to help foretell the Messiah. We know that the Word of God is Jesus Christ, Himself (John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.") This made me think of Jesus speaking in Matthew 5: "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."

That used to make me giggle, jot and tittle - until I knew what that meant.  A jot is the smallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet - it almost looks like an apostrophe and a tittle is a teeny bump on a Hebrew letter that makes it unique. So what He is saying here is that every letter, every penstroke is fulfilled in Jesus.

Doubters will doubt, and mockers will mock, but God’s Word will not change: “Your word, LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens” (Psalm 119:89). “‘The Word of the Lord endures forever.’ And this is the word that was preached to you” (1 Peter 1:25).

God is reliable, and so is His Word—every jot and tittle of it.

Written by: Bonnie Chovanec, 2026