God Is Far Above For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. —Isaiah 55:8-9 I want to make it very clear that when I say far above, I do not mean geographically or astronomically removed. Its an analogy. Because we are human beings and live in this world, we learn to speak by analogy.... So when we say that God is far above, were using an analogy. Were thinking about a star thats way above, way out yonder in space—but that isnt what we really mean when we think about the transcendent God. If you miss this point, you might as well stop reading, because this is critical to understanding what follows. When we say that Gods transcendence is farness above, we are not thinking about astronomical distances or physical magnitude. God never thinks about the size of anything, because God contains everything. He never thinks about distance, because God is everywhere; He doesnt have to go from one place to another, so distance doesnt mean anything to Him. We humans use these expressions to help us to think—theyre analogies and illustrations. AOGII034-035 Lord, even our human expressions of Your greatness amaze me. How much more wonderful must You be in all Your infinite glory! Amen. Tozer on the Almighty God: A 366-Day Devotional.
Posted on: Fri, 16 May 2014 10:58:14 +0000
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