LOOKING AT ISAIAH

Isaiah 40:25 -“To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.

            In this portion of chapter 40 Isaiah is describing God’s attributes. It is very difficult to wrap our minds around all that is said about our Heavenly Father. We live in a material world where we feel the need to experience things with all our senses. Heck, Missouri’s state slogan is “The Show Me” state. Apparently people from there need to see it before they’ll believe it. We simply will NOT see Almighty God this side of heaven, but we can see those things that he has created. Even when Jesus walked the earth many people who saw him still didn’t believe. Sadly, a lot of those were the religious leaders of the day. There are still people today who say “Let Jesus show himself to me and then I’ll believe”. Ah yes, but that isn’t believing by faith. And even if Jesus did come back to earth, millions would still ignore him. 

            The interesting part of this portion of scripture lies in how man is described compared to God. Verse 15 states: “… for all the nations of the world are but a drop in the bucket. They are nothing more than dust on the scales.” What incredible mental images that produces. I’ve often said that we are like a single grain of sand on the beaches of the world. I was speaking of individuals; Isaiah is speaking of WHOLE nations being nothing more than a single drop in a bucket. That’s tinier than tiny, comparatively speaking. 

            Verses 23-24 tell how God judges the great people of this world, whose accomplishments define who they are, as if they were nothing. Their accomplishments, though great in our eyes, are nothing compared to who God is and what he has accomplished. It should be very humbling to us.  Without God we are absolutely nothing. The things we do amount to nothing. The money we accumulate amounts to nothing. As Solomon says in Ecclesiastes, “Vanity, vanity, all is vanity. A chasing after the wind.” Now we cannot corral the wind and everything this world has to offer is vain and useless in God’s economy. Read this chapter slowly and let God’s attributes sink in to the deeper recesses of your mind. This is whom we serve. There is nothing impossible for him … absolutely nothing he cannot do. Next time we’ll take a look at chapter 41. Until then, walk with the King and be a blessing!

Resource: The Life Application Study Bible.