I will sometimes, like this morning, sit and contemplate on my life and how God is woven into it. I look out and consider the hillsides, the trees, the arroyo and the life within theses parameters. I listen to the sounds; chirping of birds, barking of dogs, the rustling of the breeze through the pines, the distance calls of wild birds and the calls of the calves to their mothers.
And, all in all, it comes back to the creator of all living flora and fauna. Isaiah wrote, “Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance? Who can fathom the Spirit of the Lord, or instruct the Lord as his counselor?”
All these questions to ponder and dissect for answers! But, Isaiah continues, “Whom did the Lord consult to enlighten him, and who taught him the right way?” This is a quandary, that I know is massive to fully understand. And, so is Isaiah’s next question, “Who was it that taught him knowledge, or showed him the path of understanding?”
I continue to sit as I go over Isaiah’s questions. And, questions come to mind as I think, or at minimum try to rationalize the answers. “Who am I?” I ask myself. “How do I measure in all of this?” This is philosophical brooding on my part, but it is therapeutic to my innermost being. It allows for serious consideration of who God is and why He is for me!
I continue reading what else Isaiah writes, “Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded?” These questions are like a scolding to me! And, yet they also remind me it is good to contemplate on the greatness of God!
“To whom do you compare me? ‘Or who is my equal?’ Says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.”
As I read the above portion of Isaiah’s script I felt like I was smashed against the wall. It’s like I was being told, “Don’t you get it? After all of these years, you still ask?” But, I respond, “Yes, I do get it, and it soothes my soul to be reminded that you care enough in fact, more than enough for me. The knowledge that you care and love me is so amazing to my heart! I realize that you are there; whether I am up, whether I am down, whether I am backward, whether I am forward, whether I am under or whether I am over-you are there!”
Isaiah assured me all the more in this, “Do you not know? 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. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.”
In essence, we describe God to others as best we can with our limited knowledge and limited language. We cannot compare him to what we experience here on earth because when we do we confine and even reduce our understanding of him and his power. We need to uphold the Lord and who he truly is primarily by the way we live because he lives in us! We are so blessed by the power the Lord extends to us!
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