What Can My God Do?

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand?
Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure or weighed the mountains in a balance and the hills in the scales?
Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or gave him counsel?
Who did He consult with?
Who gave Him understanding and taught Him the path of justice?
Who taught Him knowledge and showed Him the way of understanding?
Who will you compare God with?
What likeness will you compare Him to?
To an idol? Something that a smelter casts,
And a metalworker plates with gold and makes silver welds for it?
To one who shapes a pedestal,
Choosing wood that does not rot?
He looks for a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not fall over.
 Isaiah 40:12-14;18-20

These scriptures challenge our foolishness. How can we pray to something a man down the road makes. Why is it special because it is in a foreign land? What gives it power?
Why do me worship idols of men who have died and never returned?

Why not worship the creator of all things, instead of His created universe, His created land? The Spirit is in the creator, not in the created. He imparts His Spirit to us when we welcome Him, invite a him to be our God.

I walk with my God, the creator of all things. I rejoice with Him over His creation, I whisper to Him in times of sacrifice, in times of joy. I love His presence. He meets me in the kitchen, in the bedroom, in the lounge room, out in the garden, on my walks up the hill. He is in the gentle breeze in the fields, in the flashing storms,which I love. He is in the sunrise and the sunset. He is my friend, my companion.

He surrounds me with joy, infuses me with joy, leads me with joy!

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