By Darren Hewer
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“”To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.” Isaiah 40:25
Other religious teachers pointed away from themselves. “Don’t look at me,” they said, “look at God.”
Jesus took a different approach: He pointed to Himself.
If anyone else were to do so, we would rightly consider them to be quite arrogant. The apostle Paul, no doubt one of the most stalwart individuals of faith ever to put quill to a parchment, lived an incredible life after he was changed by his encounter with God. But he nevertheless calls himself “worst of sinners.” (1 Timothy 1:15-16) This was because, after glimpsing the great and holy God, and how this awesome God nevertheless humbled Himself for our sakes, he was filled with a deep awe for God’s greatness as well as an accute awareness of his sin and need for God.
“Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom.” Psalm 145:3
Jesus pointed to Himself because He provides everything we need for a full life. “I am the way and the truth and the life.” He said. (John 14:6) Jesus leads the way to Himself, in whom all the truth and fullness of God resides in human form. (Colossians 2:9) Not only that, but Jesus is also “the life” and enables us to our full potential as human beings, reborn through the mighty grace of God. He is the bread of life (John 6:35) whose resources will never run low and will provide for our deepest spiritual longings. He is like a mighty river of refreshment from which living water consistently flows. (John 7:38)
Who else could compare? Who else would sacrifice so much before we even knew Him? “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8) Who else can we count on to sustain us in this fallen world? Who else could possibly be worthy of our devotion and our very lives?
Praise God, and let’s pray today to constantly keep our eyes upon Jesus, with whom no one else even comes close!
“To whom, then, will you compare God?” Isaiah 40:18
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Question: How can you respond in gratitude today for what God has done for you?
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October 7th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I join you, Darren, in praising our God, in lifting His Name above all names, and extolling His goodness and mercy! Thank you, Darren, for reminding us of His unparalleled being and character! Truly, there IS NONE like Him!
Thank You, Lord, for being Who You are! Thank You for condescending to us, that we might know You intimately as our personal Lord and Savior! Help us to recognize the extravagant love You have for us, and rejoice in the knowledge of Your ‘amazing grace’! Fill us with Your Spirit, that our lives would reflect Your light in us and Your love through us! In Your most holy Name, Jesus, Amen!
October 8th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
darren, thank you for the devotional today. today overwhelms me, my spiritual growth is being nurtured by His Word with each page turned. when i say today, i refer to my life today and where it was not that long ago. yet now it feels like it was someone else’s life yet i know i am me, but the inner has transformed with His love and the outer, well, i see me but with different eyes. that He will never weary of my constant prayers asking for strength and guidance in finding my patience. to know that i am as important to God in amongst the world’s population tells me He is the only Living God.
Psalm 166: 1-4 expresses the gratitude that i feel. it says:
I love the Lord, because He has heard
My voice and my supplications.
Because He has inclined His ear to me
Therefore I will call upon Him as
long as I live.
The pains of death surrounded me,
And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of
me;
I found trouble and sorrow.
Then I called upon the name of the
Lord:
”O LORD, I implore You, deliver my
soul!”
another scripture that i had just seen today for the first time brought to me humility. Jeremiah 1:5 says–”Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.”
thank you God, praise in Your name!
October 9th, 2008 at 6:03 am
yes there is noone like JUSES