How Big Is Big?

“Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance?”
Isaiah 40:12

At some time or other we have all seen an image of the mythological Atlas holding the world on his shoulders, but how big is God really? How big is your God? What I am learning as I walk this journey we call life is that GOD is bigger than anything we can possibly comprehend.

Take for instance the words in our passage for the week “Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand…” Have you ever taken a drink from a mountain stream? It can take a few handfuls to satisfy your thirst. Yet this scripture tells us God measured the waters in the hollow of his hand – one hand mind you. I did a little research to find out how much water that might actually be, the total amount of water in all its forms on, in and around the planet amounts to 332.5 million cubic miles. A single cubic mile equals more than 1.1 trillion gallons – that would fill 1.6 million Olympic sized swimming pools. I think you are getting the picture. If God’s hand is that big how big is the rest of him? How big is his heart?

His heart is so big, that He became human size and then poured out His blood to restore the relationship between us and Him. If He is big enough to do that – He is big enough to provide everything we need – like water.

Another thing about the size of God is that He is so big that He cannot and will not fail at anything He has determined to do. He has determined to love us and to bless those who walk in His ways, those who uphold His command to love God and love others.

This week as you go about your life, spend some time really trying to understand just how big God really is. I think you will find that everything about this planet and the trials we face will fit in His and be overwhelmed by the love in his heart.

A prayer
Father, forgive us for placing human limits on you and your plan for us. Our minds cannot truly comprehend Your unlimited size but help us to catch a glimpse of it as walk the path you have laid out for us. Thank you for the amazing thing You have done, are doing and will be doing for us. In the name of Jesus, Amen.