The Solitariness of God - Part Three

Here are more verses from A. W. Pink's book, The Attributes of God, found here:

Isaiah 40:12-18

12 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?

13 Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord,
or what man shows him his counsel?

14 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?

15 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.

16 Lebanon would not suffice for fuel,
nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering.

17 All the nations are as nothing before him,
they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.

18 To whom then will you liken God,
or what likeness compare with him?

When you read those verses, what comes to your mind? What do you think of? Matthew Henry had this to say:

Let us see how great our God is, and fear before him; for,

I. His power is unlimited, and what no creature can compare with, much less contend with, Isa_40:12. 1. He has a vast reach. View the celestial globe, and you are astonished at the extent of it; but the great God metes the heavens with a span; to him they are but a hand-breadth, so large-handed is he. View the terraqueous globe, and he has the command of that too. All the waters in the world he can measure in the hollow of his hand, where we can hold but a little water; and the dry land he easily manages, for he comprehends the dust of the earth in a measure, or with his three fingers; it is no more to him than a pugil, or that which we take up between our thumb and two fingers.

2. He has a vast strength, and can as easily move mountains and hills as the tradesman heaves his goods into the scales and out of them again; he poises them with his hand as exactly as if he weighed them in a pair of balances. This may refer to the work of creation, when the heavens were stretched out as exactly as that which is spanned, and the earth and waters were put together in just proportions, as if they had been measured, and the mountains made of such a weight as to serve for ballast to the globe, and no more. Or it may refer to the work of providence (which is a continued creation) and the consistency of all the creatures with each other.

God's power is unlimited, and there is none like Him. We may think that we have even a tiny bit of power to do something, when in reality, we have none at all. As believers, whatever we do is Christ working through us. We can't even take a breath without His help. He holds our lives in His hands.

When I think of God's power, and how it is unlimited, it gives me reason to fear Him, knowing that He has the power to cast the lost into hell. It causes me to be thankful that He now deals with me as a daughter, because He is my Heavenly Father. His unlimited power gives me great comfort as well because I know that whatever happens in my life, it has come through His hands, and is for my good, and His glory. It isn't always easy, in fact it's painful at times. But I know that all I go through He is using to conform me into the image of His Son.