Isaiah 31
CANNOT COMPETE

The other day I learnt that, on order to continue developing computers, researchers are studying the human brain. While computers are very good at mathematics, the human brain is amazing that it both learns and processes information from the things it experiences. Computers (even AI) are an amazing development, but in the end, they are only a crude copy of what God has already created.

It is the same with almost everything else that has been created by people: God made it first in one form or another. Our human creations cannot compete with God’s creation. Our wisdom cannot compete with God’s wisdom.

In the past, Israel thought that the army of Egypt was almost invincible, but what they forgot was that it was God who gave Egypt the strength to be the best. A far greater power for Israel would have been to rely on the LORD who gave them strength.

At that time, God said to Israel, “But the Egyptians are mere mortals and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit.” (Isaiah 31 v 3). Nothing the Egyptians or their horses could do could compete with the power of God – their strength was just a pathetic imitation of the strength of God.

No matter how much we achieve or how great and strong we become, we will never be able to compete with the wisdom and power of God or with what he has already achieved. No only that, but everything we experience now is only a shadow of the spirit of life that is to come.

No matter how great we become, what we create, or how strong we think someone else is, we need to remember that God strength and creation are always better. Let’s always stand in awe of God and give him the honour he is due.

May wee see the power of God working in our lives this weekend.

With love in our Lord
Robert