THE INCOMPARABLE GOD!

Isaiah 40:12-26 TLB

Who else has held the oceans in his hands and measured off the heavens with his ruler? Who else knows the weight of all the earth and weighs the mountains and the hills? [13] Who can advise the Spirit of the Lord or be his teacher or give him counsel? [14] Has he ever needed anyone's advice? Did he need instruction as to what is right and best? [15] No, for all the peoples of the world are nothing in comparison with him-they are but a drop in the bucket, dust on the scales. He picks up the islands as though they had no weight at all. [16] All of Lebanon's forests do not contain sufficient fuel to consume a sacrifice large enough to honor him, nor are all its animals enough to offer to our God. [17] All the nations are as nothing to him; in his eyes they are less than nothing-mere emptiness and froth. [18] How can we describe God? With what can we compare him? [19] With an idol? An idol made from a mold, overlaid with gold, and with silver chains around its neck? [20] The man too poor to buy expensive gods like that will find a tree free from rot and hire a man to carve a face on it, and that's his god-a god that cannot even move! [21] Are you so ignorant? Are you so deaf to the words of God-the words he gave before the world began? Have you never heard nor understood? [22] It is God who sits above the circle of the earth. (The people below must seem to him like grasshoppers!) He is the one who stretches out the heavens like a curtain and makes his tent from them. [23] He dooms the great men of the world and brings them all to naught. [24] They hardly get started, barely take root, when he blows on them and their work withers, and the wind carries them off like straw. [25] "With whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?" asks the Holy One. [26] Look up into the heavens! Who created all these stars? As a shepherd leads his sheep, calling each by its pet name, and counts them to see that none are lost or strayed, so God does with stars and planets!

 

The poignant question in verse 25, “To whom will you compare me, or who is my equal?" is one we all have to answer individually and collectively. Have you found anyone, anything, or any deity that can be compared to the Lord?

What man-made image could ever portray a God so great? The rich man makes his idol with precious metal, and the poor man with wood, according to Deuteronomy 27:17.

Can you answer this question? To whom can you compare the Lord? No one! God alone is God. Isaiah sarcastically describes the process of making an idol here. All the godliness of God is beyond compare; no man can be His measure. Isaiah 40:6-7 says man is like grass, shaky, unsure, and temporal, so he can’t be compared to God.

Our God is beyond comparison; He is matchless and unequaled to other gods. Every other god is one of futility, according to Jeremiah 10:8. No entity in heaven or earth compares to the divine grandeur and splendor of God.

God is incomparable according to the text. From Isaiah's writing, the picture of an incomparable God begins to appear. Can you see Him? The Lord asks questions that demonstrate His unparalleled, unrivaled sovereignty over the nations in verse twelve. God alone spoke the world into existence and calls all the elements by name. Who can direct the spirit of the Lord or give Him counsel? No one.

The omniscient God possesses unsearchable knowledge. He does not need to search Google, thesaurus, or consult a shrink to know—He knows all things. The God who created the world is mightier than the gods worshipped by most humans, as seen in Exodus 20:3-4.

With whom will you compare the Lord? Who is God’s equal? God is the unequaled, one-and-only God of creation. God alone is God. No one, not man, nor idols made of hands, is a match for God.

God's incomparable creativity is seen in verses 21-26, Psalm 104:24, and Jeremiah 10:12. Even the elements testify to God's incomparableness in Psalm 19:1-4. Who do you compare God to and with?

God's knowledge is incomparable. Hannah puts it best in 1 Samuel 2:2-3. Can you describe the Lord from all He's done for you or compare Him to what man can do for you? God's knowledge is so vast that He even knows every single strand of your hair by number, as stated in Matthew 10:30, and the stars by name in Psalm 147:4.

God's immense love is incomparable to that of any mortal, a love measurable only and conceivable only by the gift of His precious Son. He so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son in John 3:16 to a dying world that has no idea of the magnitude of God's sacrifice for them.

God’s standard, character, and trustworthiness are measured by His faithfulness and word. We can’t compare God with anything or anyone. We must maintain that God is true and every other thing, especially man, is a liar because the condition on which His word was given complies with His personality, name, and faithfulness.

Our God is the creator of the universe and sovereign over all things in absolute power and glory. To whom or what will you compare the Lord? No one! He alone is the incomparable God.

PRAYER: Gracious and awesome God, thank you for being the supreme creator and king of the universe. I praise you for none can compare with you in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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