God's incomparable greatness

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 1. Moses was on Mount Sinai in the presence of God for many days

The people of Israel, who camped at the foot of the mountain, became impatient. They urged Aaron, 'Come on, make us gods! They shall go before us and show us the way. Who knows what has happened to Moses.'

Aaron listened to the people. He created a golden calf. When it was finished, the Israelites shouted, 'This is our god who has freed us from Egypt.' They celebrated a wild feast and danced around the golden calf. After Exodus 32.


Three months earlier, God paved the way through the Red Sea. He saved the Israelites from the hand of the enemy. The people of Israel walked across the Red Sea on dry ground.



2. Questions, Questions and Answers

The prophet Isaiah was called by God to proclaim God's message to the people of Israel. To whom will you compare me?

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?

Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or what man shows him his counsel?

Whom did he consult, and who made him understand? Who taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?

Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales; behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust.
Isaiah 40:12-15 (ESV)


3. Is there a suitable image for God?

Who do you want to compare me to?

There are many artists who make gods - idols out of gold, silver, bronze, stones, and wood. All these works are dead. They have no life.


Idolatry is practiced all over the world in many different forms. Idol worship today: gold, fame, beauty, and power. To whom do we show our appreciation?

Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in; Isaiah 40:21-22 (ESV)

To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One.

Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of his might and because he is strong in power, not one is missing. Isaiah 40:25-26 (ESV)



4. Great is our God

He has revealed himself in the works of his creation and made himself visible. He created us humans in his image.

Isaiah, the faithful prophet, wants to instruct us and make God's will known. No one is greater than the Lord our God. We can fully trust him. God is close to us humans and wants to live in relationship with us. Do we want to give him our attention, worship, and gratitude? Text according to Isaiah 40


Author: Edith Waechter
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