These things you have done, and I kept silent; you thought that I was altogether like you; but I will rebuke you, and set them in order before your eyes. Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver: whoever offers praise glorifies Me; and to him who orders his conduct aright I will show the salvation of God. (Psalm 50:21-23)

You Thought I Was Like You

Someone has suggested that two things are certain in life. “There is a God, and you are not Him.” The problem with the world is the rejection of God. Fundamental to the nature of human wisdom is the exaltation of self above a greater being called Jehovah God. It is hard for the heart of man to accept that he is an insignificant speck in the vast and grand universe. The universe is not so large to show how massive it is, but to remind man how small he is.

Astronaut Neil Armstrong covered the Earth with his thumb while circling the moon as an example of how advanced the technology of human wisdom had brought man to the moon; and yet how small the existence of man was covered by a man’s thumb. Armstrong said, “It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.”

There is a God who created the world with the spoken word and formed the vastness of the universe when He said, “Let there be.” The sun, moon, and stars were created when God spoke them into existence. Days, weeks, months, and years were established because of the power of God. It has remained unchanged since the beginning. Man was formed from the dust of the ground and given the breath of life. Woman was created from a rib taken from man. God created man and woman to show His glory. He created life, and He takes life. When the body dies, the spirit of life returns to God, who gave it. Man is an eternal creature because God created him as a being that will never cease to exist.

Nations rise and fall at the command of God. History is the tapestry of God’s divine hand as He weaves His will and way as He sees fit. The Lord has established prophecies that are still true today concerning nations and cities. God’s word is contained in the Bible as a testimony of how great God is. Divine wisdom does not change with the whims of human wisdom. The laws of men change with each generation, and the law of the Lord remains true to His will. What is there to compare between what God has determined and what man believes? The certainty of the world is that there is a God. Man cannot change or usurp authority over the supremacy of the Lord God Almighty.

There is a God – you are not Him. We are not insignificant in the mind of God. The world was so important to God that He sent His only begotten Son to die for the sins of the world. Acceptance that God is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him is where hope begins. It begins with removing the notion that man is greater than God.