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The Topic of Our Daily Bread For 5th March 2025 is “Unfathomable God”
Bible in a Year: Numbers 34-36; Mark 9:30-50
Memory Verse: Isaiah 40:28
His understanding no one can fathom.
Today’s Scripture & Insight: Isaiah 40:25-31
The context of Isaiah 40’s description of God’s power as creator (vv. 12, 22, 26) is one of bringing comfort to His people: “Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem” (vv. 1-2). After their experience of suffering in exile, God’s people needed reassurance that He was still willing and able to care for them. God through Isaiah asked, “ ‘To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?’ . . . Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these?” (vv. 25-26). The question of who created the heavens likely directly challenged the commonly held belief in Babylonian and Canaanite religion that stars in the heavens represented gods. Isaiah’s question not only dismisses the idea that any gods could be compared with the true God but went further by arguing that what were believed to be gods were merely His creations.
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ODB MESSAGE FOR TODAY
In February 2023, the James Webb Space Telescope made another remarkable discovery. Beyond where humankind had previously been able to peer into the universe, it discovered six new galaxies. This discovery upended much of what we know about space. One astronomer remarked, “It turns out we found something so unexpected it actually creates problems for science.” An astrophysicist said almost apologetically, “There is nothing wrong with not knowing.”
It seems that God continues to surprise us all. The prophet Isaiah, long before the advent of space telescopes, seems to be talking directly to the scientists of today: “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is . . . the Creator of the ends of the earth” (Isaiah 40:28). He goes on, predating that astrophysicist’s words, “[God’s] understanding no one can fathom” (v. 28).
But if we stop there, we miss the beauty of this passage. He who is unfathomable is not impersonal. He who created those six galaxies, and all the others (v. 26), is the same God who “gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak” (v. 29). The God of the universe is also the personal God who helps those who hope in Him to “soar on wings like eagles” (v. 31). Rest assured, the unfathomable God is the one we do know—the one who speaks into our lives with power and strength.
Reflect & Pray
What does it mean to you to think of God as unfathomable yet personal? How is He personal to you?
God of the universe, thank You for being my heavenly Father. I place my hope in You to provide me wisdom and strength.
Our Daily Bread 2025 Devotional is written by Con Campbell and published by Our Daily Bread Ministries. Read more
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