Hello Everyone
The world spins on the finger of God. I’ve been to several basketball games where the Sydney Kings team have danced up and down the court entertaining us with clever play and triumphant slam dunks. One of the talents of these professional basketballers is their ability to spin the ball on one finger. It fascinates me. I’ve tried it and failed miserably. It got me thinking about another King, God and the magnitude of who He is. Look at Him; look at His magnificence. The world spins on the finger of God and it just so happens that He is also our personal King. Forget the Sydney Kings, as talented as they are! Our God is the ultimate King and the mere fact that the world spins perfectly on His finger with ultimate precision, means we have immediate and confident hope that no matter what comes our way, He is in control. That thought really matters for us as we live our lives in the confines of time, space, and our fragmented world.
But imagine if God had limitations. What would it look like if He just happened to drop the ball? Life would be catastrophically impacted and creation as we know it would be no more. The fact that He is limitless and omnipotent has a direct bearing on all of life. So, let’s join the dots together. The same finger that spins the world also has His finger on the pulse of our lives. In other words, the immeasurable greatness of who He is as sovereign King gives us an irrefutable reason to trust Him with every thread of life. He is also unfalteringly dedicated to us and holds us tightly with all our frailties. There is no circumstance of life, good or difficult, that is not within the realm of His control and His ability to impact it. He is continuously weaving the intricate and delicate threads of our lives together to be worked out for our good. How can this be that a King so immense, with unfathomable power is also capable of being so tender and intimate? Our minds can scarcely take it in. God is utterly transcendent and so majestic as He exercises control, ruling creation, but also immanent as He comes in close and picks us up, puts His cheek against ours and loves us; every inch of us. It is breathtaking and reassuring all at once. We are utterly dependent on Him. Utterly!
The world spins on the finger of God is beautifully unpacked in Isaiah 40:1-30. The rhythm of God’s immensity and His intimacy is reflected in the passage (read it). God stretches out the heavens with His hands and calls for the starry hosts. Then He speaks tenderly to His people, raising them up to soar like eagles, sowing love and assurance into their hearts, enabling them to journey in life on the pathways of His unbreakable promises. The world spins on the finger of God spins me out because it truly is beyond my capacity to fully comprehend it. Yet, aren’t we grateful He holds all things in His mighty hands?
So, friends, get your “God finger” on today.
Best days to come.
Wen