Perspective (1)
| 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 in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance? 13 Who has understood the mind of the LORD, or instructed him as his counselor? 14 Whom did the LORD consult to enlighten him, and who taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge or showed him the path of understanding? (Isaiah40:12-14) |
Have you read the last part of the book of Job? Where Job, who was innocent but suffered greatly lashes out and demands His day in court with God? It's a beautiful section where God takes Job and a tour of the wonders of creation and asks Job what his contribution was... Isaiah does a similar thing here....
What a beautiful picture of magnitude of God!!
Watch as He measures the world with His hands!!
Gasp as He weighs mountains and quantifies the earth!!!
He doesn't need our advice or input and there's no-one who can teach Him!
It's in our nature to try to domesticate God.
We like to bring Him down to our size and make Him in our image.
But Israel's God is not like the gods of the nations.
He doesn't need us, but He loves us and we need Him.
Sometimes we allow our picture of God to shrink.
When this happens in the church, we tend to become a moralistic do-gooder's club, but when we remember His majesty and greatness then we start to tune into what He is doing instead of what we think He needs to do or what we want Him to do.
This changes everything.
In the powerful story of the New Testament Church, we read this in Acts 2:42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles.
Amazing things happen when we let God be God!
CHALLENGE: Is your view of God too small? Have you lost your sense of wonder? Maybe part of faith rejuvenation is to see His might in nature and history and to right-size our worship again!
