“9… “I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, 10 declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose.’””
Devotional - John Norris
God has no rivals. He has no competition. No one is His equal.
On the one hand, that’s easy for us to understand. God must be very strong, and He must, by the fact that He’s God, be very big. If he were to be locked in battle with an enemy, our expectation is that, because He’s God, He should win.
But imagining God’s power as the ability to punch harder, jump higher or run faster than everyone else doesn’t touch the essence of God’s power.
In Isaiah 46:9–10, God is clear: the thing that sets Him apart from every other would-be competitor is that He declares the beginning from the end. What he wants to happen (“My counsel”) always stands.
His power is not just that He can do things better or faster than anyone else, it’s that whatever anyone else does, He has already declared from the beginning.
He will accomplish all His purpose. Not a single detail in the history of Creation will fail to conform to His exact declaration from the beginning. His control is complete, and His power is perfect. As Ephesians 1:11 says, “[He] works all things according to the counsel of his will.” That’s what it means to be God.
“How can we glorify God?
We glorify God by enjoying him, loving him, trusting him, and by obeying his will, commands, and law.”
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