Isaiah 40:12-14 “Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off the heavens by the span, And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance And the hills in a pair of scales? Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, Or as His counselor has informed Him? With whom did He consult and who gave Him understanding? And who taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge And informed Him of the way of understanding?” (NASB)
Isaiah 40 is a wonderful chapter in our Bible. It is rich in truth and will be fodder for other devotions. Of this I am sure. I was actually thinking of the final verses of Isaiah 40 but felt compelled to read through the whole chapter and now see that I should go another way for today. Read the final two verses – it will give you an indication of my mindset going into today.
Verses 12-14 are a reminder of the greatness of God. The reminder of God’s greatness puts us in perspective as tiny and insignificant by comparison. At the same time, the greatness of our God brings great assurance. Our God is mighty. Our God is big. Our God is God; the one and only true god. How big? How powerful? Let’s take a look.
I can barely hold enough water in my hand to effectively take my medicine each morning. Usually it takes a couple of handfuls. Not God, He, “Has measured the waters in the hollow if His hand”. Which waters? All the waters; in his hand! Awesome!
A friend recently sent me a link to a video of a Hubble space telescope project where they aimed the telescope at “Nothing” for 7 days. At nearly 20 billion light years away, when they analyzed the images they saw millions of galaxies, each galaxy containing billions of stars. Our God, “Marked off the heavens by the span”. All the heavens, He measures them like we measure with a ruler or a tape measure! Awesome!
When today’s engineers build an overpass like the one they’re building over the tracks at Seventh Standard road they use large trucks of fill dirt. Load after load filling and packing a huge mound of earth. Try counting the bucketfuls, just try. How many of us would it take to count each particle of soil? Yet our God, “Calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance And the hills in a pair of scales”. Awesome!
Can I hear a WOW!
Our God, “Has directed the Spirit of the LORD” and “As His counselor has informed Him”. If that has you a little confused, don’t be. This is insight into the Trinity itself. This is God to God; God the Father giving direction and counsel to God the Spirit. Our God is counsel unto Himself! No one is the answer to the rhetorical, “With whom did He consult and who gave Him understanding”? Awesome!
Our governmental structure values the brightest legal minds to write and test the laws of our great nation. Yet we see injustice everywhere and dispute even in our Supreme Court. Split decisions from the best of them using the same law for interpretation. So, “Who taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge And informed Him of the way of understanding”? Our God is completely just, He doesn’t get any decision wrong and he never wonders what is right. Awesome!
"He is your praise and He is your God, who has done these great and awesome things for you which your eyes have seen”. Deuteronomy 10:21 Our God is an Awesome God! AMEN!
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