Broadcast
The Incomparable Lord - Part 2
Isaiah 40:26
04/23/2024
26 Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created
these? He who brings out their host by number,
calling them all by name, by the greatness of his
might, and because he is strong in power not one
is missing. (ESV)
God, speaking through the prophet Isaiah, has tossed a
challenge to all people. ``To whom then will you compare me,
that I should be like him? says the Holy One.''
What powers do we have to create from nothing, to control
nature? Yet, in our arrogance, we suggest that the universe is
the result of a random process, denying the obvious design of
everything from the conditions which allow for life to the
complexity of an individual cell. If chance can cause life to
spring from inanimate substances, shouldn't we be able to
recreate the conditions to bring forth life?
But Isaiah, writing as inspired by the Holy Spirit,
proclaimed:
Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these?
He who brings out their host by number, calling them
all by name, by the greatness of his might, and because
he is strong in power not one is missing.
In spite of our rejecting Him, this creator God, all
powerful and mighty, looks upon each one of His created humans
with love. Because they rejected Him, because they ran in fear
at the sound of His voice, God has called them back to Himself.
He sent His Son to redeem us from sin and death, to earn for us
the right to stand forever in His presence, to be showered with
His grace.
May our Lord grant that we recognize His great and almighty
love for our eternal benefit. Amen.