Incredibly Small, Infinitely Majestic

Isaiah 40:12-17 

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand

and marked off the heavens with a span,
enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure
and weighed the mountains in scales
and the hills in a balance?
Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord,
or what man shows him his counsel?
Whom did he consult,
and who made him understand?
Who taught him the path of justice,
and taught him knowledge,
and showed him the way of understanding?
Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,
and are accounted as the dust on the scales;
behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust.
Lebanon would not suffice for fuel,
nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering.
All the nations are as nothing before him,
they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.

When you read that section of verses what goes through your mind? When I read that the other day I was blown away, crushed, and in awe. If the nations are like a single drop in a bucket to Him, if His hand holds All of the waters that are in the world and he can measure the galaxies with the breadth of his hand, who are we? Our lives, our plans, from the lowest servant in India to the most powerful leader in the United Nations, are nothing. That blew me away and crushed me as I realized in awe how infinitely majestic, powerful, and knowledgeable our God is. Then several verses down I read....

Isaiah 40:27-31

Why do you say, O Jacob,
and speak, O Israel

“My way is hidden from the Lord,
and my right is disregarded by my God”?
Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the faint,

and to him who has no might he increases strength.
Even youths shall faint and be weary,
and young men shall fall exhausted;
but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.

Isaiah is including both kingdoms, the kingdom of Israel and Judah. (If you didn't know the kingdoms of Israel and Judah were the people of Israel, God's chosen people, before they decided to split into two kingdoms, still God's chosen people but now separated.) Isaiah is including all of God's people in this section of verses as he reprimands before encouraging them. From time to time God's people need to remember who they are serving. While we can't entirely understand who God is when we realize who we are in comparison it creates a humble attitude as we serve both Him and each other. 

After reading the above set of verses this chapter was So much more powerful because my eyes were opened to the reality of who we are and the God we serve. We don't just serve Him the way a slave does without receiving anything in return, He offers us strength, refuge, peace, joy, patience, and most importantly everlasting love. When you realize this it encourages you to push on, trusting God that no matter what happens, what you're struggling with the one described in verses 12-17 is the same one in verses 27-31 who offers strength and understands all that we go through. 

We, the incredibly small are loved by the infinitely majestic.