Who?

Isaiah 40 repeats what we read in yesterday’s devotion: “To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.  Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

How long has it been since you looked up and thought about God and his creative abilities?   At night, he “brings out the starry host one by one.”

Can you see God with hands raised, calling out each star by name, and as they hear their name they appear and begin to shine?

Can you imagine how long that must take, and yet how fast it must be, for God to conduct the march of the stars out across the sky that is seen by the entire earth?

Can you realize with me that as he conducts this appearance, because of who he is, he doesn’t allow one to go unnoticed, not one to go missing, but makes sure that all stars end up in their place, to shine?

We need to ask ourselves these questions often, because as we answer them, we will soon realize the care of our conductor over the affairs of our lives, and how he places each day in order, each emotion in check, and each one of our hearts in tune, so that we shine brightly when we are put into place.

There is no equal to Him.