The Incomparable God
We sing ,"How Great is our God, how great is His Name.." The Old Testament prophet has no doubts about God's greatness. He is incomparable. In very descriptive language he paints a picture for us of a Heavenly Father who reigns over the universe; a Great God and yet a gentle and caring God who reaches out to each of us with great tenderness. The prophet Isaiah in chapter 40 says
...He tends His flock like a shepherd:
He gathers the lambs in His arms
and carries them close to His heart;
He gently leads those that have young."
Isa.40:10-11
In verse 12 he begins to describe the greatness, the power and the majesty of God. He says: "Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand..?" We cannot even begin to comprehend the vastness of the oceans of the world, not to mention the great inland bodies of water, and picture these waters being cupped in God's mighty hand, this same hand that holds you and me secure and safe.
Only now are scientists beginning to understand and realize the vastness of space and the distances of the heavenly bodies, distances that are beyond the comphrension of ordinary man. In describing God's greatness the prophet writes of God measuring the heavens "with the breath of His hand." He writes of God "holding the dust of the earth in a basket." and " weighing the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance."
In this 44th chapter of Isaiah he continues to describe God's greatness as one who stretches out the heavens like a canopy; who brings out the stars one by one and calls them each by name. And this same God knows you and me by name and in tenderness reaches down to us individually and meets us at our point of need when we call upon Him. The writer says
" He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak." Isaiah 40:29
A great and mighty God! A powerful and majestic God! A tender and loving God! A God who cares and loves us unconditionally. A heavenly Father who desires only our greater good.
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
