The Book Of Isaiah. Day 176, Nothing Compares To Him

Isaiah continues on with the theme that there is no one like God.

"With whom, then, will you compare God? To what image will you liken Him? As for an idol, a metalworker casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it. A person too poor to present such and offering selects wood that will not rot; they look for a skilled worker to set up an idol that will not topple." (Isaiah 40:18-20) 

An idol has to be made; it does not make anything---in contrast to the Lord who is the Maker of all things. Look at the things the makers of idols have to worry about: rot and toppling. Could a real god not prevent an image of itself from rotting? Could a real god not keep an image of itself from toppling? A false god can't protect itself, much less protect anyone else.

The only One who can do anything for us is the Lord. "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? He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers." (Isaiah 40:21-22a) We are so small compared to Him and our deeds are so small compared to His. What could we ever fashion that could replace Him? Why do we look to the works of our own hands for help instead of to His all-powerful hands?

"He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in. He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing. 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." (Isaiah 40:22b-24) The Lord raises up kingdoms and the Lord allows kingdoms to fall, according to His will. Many a national ruler has scoffed at Him but He is able to remove them from their seat of power as easily as a gust of wind sweeps chaff off a hilltop. 

"'To whom will you compare Me? Or who is My equal?' says the Holy One." (Isaiah 40:25) There is no one like God! He has no counterpart. He existed before all things and He created all things and He holds all things together. Why put our trust in ourselves or in other human beings? Why put our trust in idols? No one except the Lord created us and no one except Him sustains us.