Who has measured the
waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span,
enclosed the dust of the earth with a measure and weighed the mountains in
scales and the hills in a balance? Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord or
as his counselor has instructed him? Whom did he consult for his enlightenment,
and who taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed
him understanding? Behold the nations are like a drop from a bucket and are
accounted as the dust on the scales . . . All the nations are as nothing before
him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing! (Isaiah 40:12–17)
When we really and truly see who we are, and when we really
and truly see who God is, we are helpless and hopeless in our reach for God.
The Almighty and Living God rules and reigns beyond every perceived and
comprehensible human sense of perfection in His holiness. He is so utterly
indescribable in the countless realms of His power and essence that the sum and
the totality of all human vocabulary and language fail to begin even to touch
all that He is and does.
Yet, we long with all our heart and soul to know Him even as
we are barely able to grasp and know the slightest and minuscule amounts of His
glory and greatness. To have an intimate
relationship with God is our created purpose, but our sin obscures this connection
until we find salvation at the cross. It is from the cross forward hopeful in
the Risen Christ; we find the endless grace to come again and again in the
humble acknowledgement of our limited human strength and capacity and our need
for all that an indescribable God can give by, through and in His
incomprehensible love.
Continuing down the road of life and faith, we can and will
find ourselves time and time again wandering, weary and confused in all we
experience and all we face. It is in these moments that both weigh against our
hearts and challenge our emotions and our intellect, that we need more than we
can gather or find in our being. It is
here in the deepness of our struggle, pain, and difficulty that our needs for
the Indescribable God pour forth in our cries for help and clarity in
understanding and direction. It is here
again that we must truly see our God for who He is. Nothing is impossible with Him and nothing is
out of His capacity to heal, sustain, restore and redeem in the ever sufficient
and overflowing grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
It is a humbling thing to truly see who we really are and a
glorious and wonderful thing to realize our need for all that the Almighty and
Living God can give. Seeing and realizing this great truth brings will always lead
us to praise, thankfulness and the worship of our Heavenly Father and our
Savior. Abiding every day in the truth
of our need for God and knowing He has the strength and power by His love and
grace to give us everything we need is life giving on this earth and for
eternity. Take time today … to be still
and thankful for who you are and who your God is!
Suggested Reading … Isaiah 40
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