He created every creature on the planet - and beyond, if any exist.
Every star, every galaxy, every ounce of matter and energy that exists, exists because of Him.
And you think He's incapable of dealing with your rent payment?
Read this excerpt from chapter 40 of the book of Isaiah, verses 12-31 (with my comments):
12Who 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?
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?
(Think about that: The world's oceans fit in the hollow of His Hand...)
13Who has measured the Spirit of the LORD,
or what man shows him his counsel?
14Whom 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?
15Behold, 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.
16Lebanon would not suffice for fuel,
nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering.
17All the nations are as nothing before him,
13Who has measured the Spirit of the LORD,
or what man shows him his counsel?
14Whom 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?
15Behold, 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.
16Lebanon would not suffice for fuel,
nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering.
17All the nations are as nothing before him,
(MY only fear has always been not that He wasn't big enough, but that He was TOO big to be bothered with my problems. Yet, there He is, consoling me and loving me when I pray to Him each morning and each night. Amazing...)
they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
18To whom then will you liken God,
or what likeness compare with him?
(All the "gods" in the surrounding nations - and in Israel itself, for that matter - were man-made, created as we create any other supernatural explanations for what we don't understand. Isaiah's description shows how farcical that is.)
19An idol! A craftsman casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and casts for it silver chains.
20He who is too impoverished for an offering
chooses wood that will not rot;
he seeks out a skillful craftsman
to set up an idol that will not move.
19An idol! A craftsman casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and casts for it silver chains.
20He who is too impoverished for an offering
chooses wood that will not rot;
he seeks out a skillful craftsman
to set up an idol that will not move.
21Do you not know? Do you not hear?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
(The "circle" of the earth...2600 years ago. Amazing.)
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;
23who brings princes to nothing,
and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;
23who brings princes to nothing,
and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.
24Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,
scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
when he blows on them, and they wither,
and the tempest carries them off like stubble.
scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
when he blows on them, and they wither,
and the tempest carries them off like stubble.
25To whom then will you compare me,
that I should be like him? says the Holy One.
26Lift up your eyes on high and see:
who created these?
He who brings out their host by number,
calling them all by name;
by the greatness of his might
and because he is strong in power,
not one is missing.
26Lift up your eyes on high and see:
who created these?
He who brings out their host by number,
calling them all by name;
by the greatness of his might
and because he is strong in power,
not one is missing.
27Why do you say, O Jacob,
and speak, O Israel,
“My way is hidden from the LORD,
and speak, O Israel,
“My way is hidden from the LORD,
and my right is disregarded by my God”?
(Here's a great way to remember that we can never hide from the Lord: How do you pray? Quietly, at home, maybe even in your head? If God can hear you then, if He is expected to hear your thoughts...why do you think anything is ever hidden from Him?)
28Have 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.
29He gives power to the faint,
and to him who has no might he increases strength.
28Have 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.
29He gives power to the faint,
and to him who has no might he increases strength.
(NEVER FORGET THIS. He gives power to His children who need strength increased. Pray to Him, and He will not forsake you.)
30Even youths shall faint and be weary,
and young men shall fall exhausted;
31but 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.
30Even youths shall faint and be weary,
and young men shall fall exhausted;
31but 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.
"They shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint."God's strength is with us, always, simply for the asking. Without it, given my health, I would have failed a long time ago. God chooses not to remove my disease from me (long-time readers have heard my belief as to why), but He does not allow me to wallow in weakness because of it. What strength do I need to make it through His tasks for me that day? God will provide it for me. And if He has the strength any one of us needs at any time, simply for the asking, what strength does He Himself possess?
You think GOD can't handle your problems? There may be a reason He has not taken care of your current issues, my friend - you haven't asked, your personal sin issues are getting in the way, there's a purpose for that problem in your life (as with my disease) that will be beneficial in the long term, or some other reason - but His "inability" to cope with your problems (or ANY of our problems!) is NOT the difficulty.
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