Thursday, January 15, 2009

Isaiah 46:9

Remember the former things of old,
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me.’ (Isaiah 46:9)

Isaiah 46 again addresses the issue of idolatry (which has been a common theme for the last few chapters). God talks about the idols being dead, not being able to save anyone because they can’t even talk or move! In fact, when Cyrus came to capture Babylon, the idols were laid across cattle to carry them back to Persia. They couldn’t get themselves off the cattle, or relieve the burden!

But again God says, ‘For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me’. How true these words are! There is none like God. Nothing like God. Who else can create a universe with a word? Who else can know the name of each star in the universe (that’s a trillion trillion – if you could count five of them a second, you’d be counting for about 10 billion years!)? Who else can hold the oceans in his hands? Who else knows how many hairs are on your head? Who else loves you enough to die for you? Who else could live a perfect life to make that possible?

No, there is none like Him. None even close to being marginally like Him. And yet daily we trade Him for worthless things in a failed attempt at immediate satisfaction. It doesn’t make any sense at all, but we all do it. But as long as we see that there is nothing else like God, then it is hard to turn to other things!

So today, try to meditate on the glory of God. That which sets Him apart. His holiness, majesty, love, grace, righteousness, power, sovereignty, wisdom, and everything else!

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