Psalm 113:5-8 On Earth Is Not His Equal
“Who is like the Lord our God, the One who sits enthroned on high, who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth? He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes, with the princes of his people” (NIV).
The Sequoia tree pictured above is majestic, and there are few trees on all the earth that equal this particular tree in either height or breadth. We can call it majestic because it stands out from all others. That’s quite an accolade for this tree—very few on the entire earth that can equal it. Well, our God is well beyond all that. As the Hymn A Mighty Fortress Is Our God says, “On earth is not his equal.”
Our God is majestic, there is nothing else we know that is as majestic as He. We are told in Psalm 113 that God has to stoop down to look on the heavens and the earth. That’s BIG. That’s MAJESTIC! But even with all His majesty, He takes notice of the poor and needy. He lifts the poor and the needy from the worst places on earth and puts them with princes. He doesn’t just put them with the princes, He seats them with the princes, making them equal with the princes of His people. Our God cares enough, loves us enough to take notice of each of us. In His eye, no one is superior to any other person. We are all equal in His sight. How can that be? We have different levels of learning, different abilities. How then, can we all be equal? To God it is simple. We are all in His presence because He raised each of us from sin to righteousness through the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Before we accepted Jesus, we were all equal in the one thing of importance to God—we were sinners. After we accepted Jesus Christ, we were all equal because we were now cleansed of sin and able to be in the presence of Almighty God.
The majesty of God may well be evident in His size and His acts of creation, but greater is His majesty in mercy and grace and love. Enjoy His love and blessing every day.