Isaiah 40:21-24, shows us the majesty of God and how refreshing and invigorating it is to get above the fog and dust and clouds in order to get God’s view…a view from the circle of the earth. There the immeasurable king of everything sits in absolute self sufficiency; ruling in independent sovereign authority; observing everything happening on the earth in His incomprehensible immeasurable immensity; and governing everything in undisturbed serenity.

There are four questions that Isaiah asks in verse 21. These questions are designed to set our thinking straight about God’s control and our dullness about it and forgetfulness of it. It is as if he is saying, “Have you forgotten what you have always known?" These questions are a call to remember the majesty of God. It is easy to have our thoughts so earthbound, so temporal, so focused on our petty concerns, and so fearful of potential outcomes that we become blind to the glory of God. We forget what we knew and our only hope is to revive our memory of His majesty. These four questions may be exactly what you need to bring you back to a sense of reality.

Then, Isaiah answers these questions with four visions of the majesty of God in verses 22-24:

1. He sits above the circle of the earth (verse 22)
2. He controls princes (verse 23a)
3. He controls judges (verse 23b)
4. He blows them away at will (verse 24)