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Lord your ocean is so great and my boat is so small. Have mercy on me.
There's a sense in which creation appears vast beyond comprehension and yet it is in truth tiny to the point of insignificance before God.
Isaiah 40:10-24 [10] Behold, the Lord God will arrive in strength, and his arm will rule. Behold, his reward is with him, and his work is before him. [11] He will pasture his flock like a shepherd. He will gather together the lambs with his arm, and he will lift them up to his bosom, and he himself will carry the very young. [12] Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and who has weighed the heavens with his palm? Who has suspended the mass of the earth with three fingers, and who has weighed the mountains on a balance and the hills on a scale? [13] Who has assisted the Spirit of the Lord? Or who has been his counsellor and has revealed things to him? [14] With whom has he consulted? And who has instructed him, and taught him the path of justice, and guided him to knowledge, and revealed the way of understanding to him? [15] Behold, the nations are like a drop of water in a bucket, and they are considered as the smallest grain on a balance. Behold, the islands are like a little dust. [16] And Lebanon will not be sufficient to start a fire, and its animals will not be sufficient for a burnt offering. [17] All the nations in his sight are as if they did not exist, and they are considered by him as if they were nothingness and emptiness. [18] Therefore, to whom would you liken God? Or with what image would you replace him? [19] Should the workman cast a statue? Or has the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver? [20] He has chosen strong wood that will not decay. The skillful artisan seeks a way to set up an idol that cannot be moved. [21] Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been announced to you from the beginning? Have you not understood the foundations of the earth? [22] He is the One who sits upon the globe of the earth, and its inhabitants are like locusts. He extends the heavens as if they were nothing, and he spreads them out like a tent, in which to dwell. [23] He has brought those who examine what is secret to nothingness. He has brought the judges of the earth to emptiness. [24] And certainly, their stalk was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the ground. He has suddenly blown them across them, and they have withered, and a whirlwind will carry them away like chaff.
Facing elections and making decisions that may affect your life and the lives of others is a grave responsibility. Is your theology preparing you for it?
There's a sense in which creation appears vast beyond comprehension and yet it is in truth tiny to the point of insignificance before God.
Isaiah 40:10-24 [10] Behold, the Lord God will arrive in strength, and his arm will rule. Behold, his reward is with him, and his work is before him. [11] He will pasture his flock like a shepherd. He will gather together the lambs with his arm, and he will lift them up to his bosom, and he himself will carry the very young. [12] Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and who has weighed the heavens with his palm? Who has suspended the mass of the earth with three fingers, and who has weighed the mountains on a balance and the hills on a scale? [13] Who has assisted the Spirit of the Lord? Or who has been his counsellor and has revealed things to him? [14] With whom has he consulted? And who has instructed him, and taught him the path of justice, and guided him to knowledge, and revealed the way of understanding to him? [15] Behold, the nations are like a drop of water in a bucket, and they are considered as the smallest grain on a balance. Behold, the islands are like a little dust. [16] And Lebanon will not be sufficient to start a fire, and its animals will not be sufficient for a burnt offering. [17] All the nations in his sight are as if they did not exist, and they are considered by him as if they were nothingness and emptiness. [18] Therefore, to whom would you liken God? Or with what image would you replace him? [19] Should the workman cast a statue? Or has the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver? [20] He has chosen strong wood that will not decay. The skillful artisan seeks a way to set up an idol that cannot be moved. [21] Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been announced to you from the beginning? Have you not understood the foundations of the earth? [22] He is the One who sits upon the globe of the earth, and its inhabitants are like locusts. He extends the heavens as if they were nothing, and he spreads them out like a tent, in which to dwell. [23] He has brought those who examine what is secret to nothingness. He has brought the judges of the earth to emptiness. [24] And certainly, their stalk was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the ground. He has suddenly blown them across them, and they have withered, and a whirlwind will carry them away like chaff.
Facing elections and making decisions that may affect your life and the lives of others is a grave responsibility. Is your theology preparing you for it?
