The Unjust Claim

"To whom then will you liken Me, or to whom shall I be equal?" says the Holy One. ²⁶ Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things, Who brings out their host by number; He calls them all by name, by the greatness of His might and the strength of His power; not one is missing."

Isaiah 40:25-26

Nothing in creation is equal to God and even comparisons fall woefully short.  He is a sovereign King with infinitely more power and majesty of an everlasting kingdom; He is a just Judge who is righteous in Himself and weighs the thoughts and intents of men.  Dualism is a philosophy which puts forth opposites as complimentary, yet God stands alone without counterpart.  By His wisdom and power God fashioned all things and all are subject to His rule.  The single star in our solar system (the sun!) is too distant to reach and would consume any who drew near.  God told His people to turn their eyes to the heavens to distant stars and reminded them He calls them all by name.

On the heels of saying this God asked in Isaiah 40:27-29:  "Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel: "My way is hidden from the LORD, and my just claim is passed over by my God"? ²⁸ Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. ²⁹ He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength."  God called out His people for their notion or assumption God was unaware of the injustice they suffered.  Because their troubles seemed to be perpetual they foolishly blamed God for inaction or ignoring their plight--when this was absolutely false.  Documents and evidence used in courts can be lost and manipulated yet God has complete knowledge of the facts and the righteous ruling He will make.

God asked ignorant people:  "Have you not known?  Have you not heard?"  As human beings we are dependent on our senses, reports, eyewitness accounts, stories, and media to learn of events which have transpired in other nations, cities, streets, and houses.  In fact, there are things which happen in our own house concerning our own family or a spouse we have never heard before!  There is a lot we haven't known or heard, and the God who knows all introduces Himself to us again.  The God who created the stars spoke to people who could see about 5,000 of the visible stars around our globe but He knew each of the billions of stars He created they could not see.  It is estimated there are plus or minus 150 to 250 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy alone, and the reason why the estimated numbers have a 100 billion range is because (aside from God!) no one knows how many there actually are.  An avid astronomer could spend their entire life charting and counting and never reach the end, yet God knows their number at any given time.

Our God does not just know but He also does.  God gives power to the weak and increases the strength of those who have no might.  He does not grow faint or weary, and God's understanding is beyond reckoning.  Jesus taught in Matthew 6:26-30, "Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? ²⁷  Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? ²⁸ So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; ²⁹  and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ³⁰ Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?"  Faith in God looks beyond the birds, flowers, grass, and the stars and looks upon God with awe and wonder.  He knows us and our unworthiness yet shows grace to regard us.  The universe is God's throne and the earth His footstool and yet He cares if we are clothed and fed.  He will see to it justice concerning your case will be done on the earth in His time and in His glorious way.

If you feel your just claim has been passed over by your God, realise He is doing more than you can imagine.  When the Spirit of God passed over Egypt before the exodus, He slew the firstborn of the households that did not place the blood of the lamb on the posts and lintel and delivered those appointed to die by His grace.  God did not spare His own Son Jesus Christ but sent His only begotten Son to die for our sins so atonement could be provided and we could be justly forgiven.  He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and thus we can trust our just claim will not be passed over and forgotten by Him.  Those looking for justice in the "justice system" will not experience justice on the level God is faithful to provide in due time.  To judge God negligent is an unjust claim.  We faint and are weary but God gives power to the weak and increases our strength.  Let us look to Him today with joyous trust.