Isaiah 40 asks the question, “To whom then will you compare me [God], that I should be like him?” (25). And God answers the question with another question as He directs us to look up at the visible heavens, “Who created these?” The creator-creature distinction makes all of the difference. Our lives are brief, God’s word will stand forever. God knows how big the heavens are, even if we could know that we would have to learn it — God has no teacher. There are not enough trees in the renowed forests of Lebanon to be enough fuel or enough beasts for a burnt offering that would satisfy God. People want to compare God to idols that they make out of stuff that He made or to satisfy Him by offering things that He made and therefore already owns. And God does not grow weary like you and I do. What difference does this make for your week? For one thing, this week is not even a drop in the bucket of time for the one who created time in the first place. Now that does not mean that He is not interested in every moment of your life, after all, He knows without counting the number of hairs on your head. But what it does mean is that if you are going to get some perspective on your week then you need to zoom out and see the big picture. The big story that your story somehow fits into is that God created the world good, that man fell into sin and misery, that Christ would take on flesh and die for the sins of His people, and that He is coming again when He will usher in a new heavens and earth. Thus what we are to be doing this week should fit into that big picture of the renewal of all things and therefore especiallly of showing people the folly of worshiping idols and introduce them to the living God.
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