Isaiah 45:21-23 English Standard Version

21 Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together!
Who told this long ago?
    Who declared it of old?
Was it not I, the Lord?
    And there is no other god besides me,
a righteous God and a Savior;
    there is none besides me.

22 “Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
23 By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return:
‘To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.’

The Captain of the Starship Enterprise gives an order to be carried out by uttering “Make it so!”

When we read these verses and agree with God we say “Amen” but what we really mean is “God make it so.”

We do not see it immediately no matter how much we believe, hope and obey. Obedience is the issue here because Christ is the Captain of our ship and when He says make it so, it is up to us to do our duty on the good ship Hope.

There is no higher authority than God the Father who sent the Son and poured out His Spirit upon us.

Matthew 24:35 English Standard Version (ESV) Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

John 5:24 English Standard Version (ESV) Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

Philippians 2:16 English Standard Version (ESV) holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

If we believe it then we must obey. He is the Captain of our souls.