I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. – Isaiah 46:9
In the earlier verses of the 46th chapter of Isaiah, before today’s verse, God gives an almost comical description of idols. Idols have to be carried, while God carries His people. Idols are made by hands. People are made by God’s hands. Idols just sit there. They cannot hear or answer the cries of the people who worship them. God hears and answers. God is able to save people from all their troubles. Sometimes people today trust in or worship people or things that are just as ineffective as wooden idols. Prior to His declaration in today’s verse, God says to His people “Remember this!”
It’s important to remember who God is and what He has done in the past. Christmas is celebrated to remember Christ’s birth. In a few months, Easter will be celebrated to remember His death and resurrection. It’s important to remember these milestones, as well as Jesus’ teachings and His promise to return. It’s also important to remember those times God has made Himself known to you in daily life.
As you think about the past year with its setbacks and about goals for the upcoming year, stop and remember all the times in your life the Lord has answered your prayers and stepped in to help you. Remember who He is. There is none like Him. No god or man is dependable like the Lord is. Enter this year with determination to turn to Him and live by faith. Continue to pray for the United States and its leaders and citizens. Pray for His intervention and that He will make Himself known — the God unlike anyone else!
Today’s Verse: Isaiah 46:9
remember the former things of old;
for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me,
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Recommended for further reading: Psalm 107:1-9
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
whom he has redeemed from trouble
3 and gathered in from the lands,
from the east and from the west,
from the north and from the south.
4 Some wandered in desert wastes,
finding no way to a city to dwell in;
5 hungry and thirsty,
their soul fainted within them.
6 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
7 He led them by a straight way
till they reached a city to dwell in.
8 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
9 For he satisfies the longing soul,
and the hungry soul he fills with good things.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
