THE GREAT ‘I AM’!

“Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.”  Isaiah 46:9

            The Lord is speaking thru the prophet Isaiah to remind the children of Israel just who He is.  They had just been delivered from the Babylonians and were being instructed to remember the former things God had performed for them in the past. The parting of the Red Sea immediately comes to mind as an act of deliverance that no one save a supernatural God could do.  I heard it said once that the Red Sea story was a myth; that the Red Sea was nothing more than a marsh.  If it were indeed a marsh, then it would be even a greater miracle, for that would mean that God drown Pharaoh’s entire army in shallow water!*

            After the Red Sea crossing, on DRY land, which was another miracle, Moses and the children of Israel sang a song of praise to their God.  Exodus 15:11 is a small part of it: “Who among the gods is like you, Lord?  Who is like you - majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?” The answer is that no one is like our God.  He is consistent and endless in His love for His people.  The Lord God desires to be trusted and relied upon for who He is and what He has done and can do.  To that point, there is nothing the Lord cannot do. 

            Have we become too impatient, too self-reliant or simply too spiritually lazy to wait for God to move in our lives?  Remember the former things.  There is no one like our God.  He can do whatever He chooses to accomplish His will for us.  Our job is to make sure our will lines up with His so as not to become frustrated or disappointed.  God is never late, nor is He ever wrong.  The Lord’s will is done for His own good pleasure and His good pleasure is to be our delight.  We must learn to trust in and rely on our Heavenly Father, for He is God and there is none like Him.  Until next time, walk with the King and be a blessing!

Resources:  Matthew Henry’s Commentary of the Bible; The Reformation Study Bible.

* NOTE: The Red Sea is an extension (or inlet) of the Indian Ocean, located between Africa and Asia. This salty sea is just over 190 miles across at its widest point, and about 1,200 miles in length. There's a measured maximum depth of 8,200 feet and an estimated average depth of 1,640 feet. Much of the immediately shoreline is quite shallow.  http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/redredsea.htm