One of my favorite axioms is the saying, “God created man in his own image; and men have been trying to return the favor ever since.” Isaiah continues his evangelical prophecy with the reminder that no matter how hard we try, we will never create GOD in our image. Whether fashioning a God out of precious metal or wood, at the end of the day nothing we can fashion has the slightest chance of equaling God.
Who is like God? There simply is no one. He fashioned the universe with His hand! He called light and life into being. He made a canopy of stars that reach so far, we cannot imagine the distance and still, he pays individual attention to each of us! Isaiah then reminds us that God is not only great, he is everlasting! He has been around since time began and will continue to run the show for eternity. Still, with all that said, He renews the strength of His chosen–in His timing!
Knowing that, should provide us with great comfort and the ability to wait on Him! He will strengthen us and provide us with all we need not only to survive, but, also to soar! We can stand confidently knowing that it is the Lord that both provides and prepares His own. We can walk in confidence, knowing that the one that made the universe cares more about us than about galaxies!
Today, make a point to let God lead your steps. Wait on Him and allow him to renew your strength and help you to mount up with wings like an eagle!
God Bless You
With whom, then, will you compare God?
To what image will you liken him?
19 As for an idol, a metalworker casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and fashions silver chains for it.
20 A person too poor to present such an offering
selects wood that will not rot;
they look for a skilled worker
to set up an idol that will not topple.
21 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood since the earth was founded?
22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,
and its people are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,
and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
23 He brings princes to naught
and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.
24 No sooner are they planted,
no sooner are they sown,
no sooner do they take root in the ground,
than he blows on them and they wither,
and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
25 “To whom will you compare me?
Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:
Who created all these?
He who brings out the starry host one by one
and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,
not one of them is missing.
27 Why do you complain, Jacob?
Why do you say, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord;
my cause is disregarded by my God”?
28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Walking With God 