Who is God? According to this verse He is Jehovah (the LORD),
the God of hosts. Jehovah is the name "I am" that He
told Moses. Knowing a person's name is not enough, though, to
identify the person. Reputation needs to be included. In that
way you know more about the person.
According to this verse, this Jehovah, God of hosts, was the
one that formed the mountains. He is the one that made all things.
The lofty mountains are grand testimony to the greatness of God.
Not only the mountains, He made all of the earth. There is nothing
on this earth that is not of His creation. Scripture tells us
that the world (that which He created) speaks of His person,
His greatness, His glory.
This verse also tells us that he creates the wind. This can
be considered from a couple of perspectives. First, He created
the air around us that moves when wind happens. Of course, were
it not for the air that He created we would be unable to live.
The amount of air that there is around this planet is exactly
the amount that was here when He said, "Let there be..."
Also, it is just the proper mix of gases so that it does not
explode into flames (which it would do if it were pure oxygen)
yet it is able to keep us alive (which it would not do if there
were less oxygen). Science has discovered that the mix is "just
right." The second aspect of creating wind is the fact that
He controls the elements on this earth. When He wants a wind,
He makes it happen. The power of wind is amply documented. When
he wants the air to be calm, nothing can move it. This brings
to remembrance the story of Jesus and His disciples. As the disciples
rowed for all they were worth toward land against a storm, He
lay sleeping in the boat. The storm was fierce, and He slept.
When He was awakened by His disciples, He said to the wind, "Peace,
be still." I imagine He said that only loud enough for His
disciples to hear. He didn't need to shriek at the wind to calm
it. He needed only to whisper. He is God. He creates the air.
He controls the wind.
The next thing that is brought before the reader regarding
the greatness of God is, "He declares unto man what is his
thought." This, too, can be taken two ways. First, he declares
unto man what He is thinking. If He had not determined to let
us know what was on His mind, we would weary of finding Him out.
In other words, He revealed Himself to us. If He wanted to hide,
there would be nothing that could discover Him. But He has revealed
Himself to mankind, and that revelation is His Son. He has not
left us to guess about the things of life. He has not left us
to guess about Himself. He has declared unto us His thought.
And knowing His thought, and determining to follow in obedience,
is the only safe thing for any human being. But He also declares
unto us OUR thoughts. There is nothing that is hid from His sight,
nothing that He does not know. As we ponder that fact, can we
help but to think about our own thoughts of the last few hours?
Though there is much that we would prefer nobody knew, God knows,
and He can declare unto us what are our thoughts. Not only is
the last 4 hours within His view, but every thought that we have
ever had since our birth can He declare unto us. He is a great
God indeed. Since that is the case, what hope have we before
Him? Have all of our thoughts been right in His sight? Happily,
He punished His Son, our LORD Jesus Christ, for the things that
we have thought. He has also punished Him for the things we have
done. In fact, He has punished His Son for all of the things
we have yet to think and do. The price has been paid.
He maketh the morning darkness. In the book of Joshua there
is an incident in which Joshua is going to battle against some
enemies. In the course of the battle, Joshua prays that the sun
would stand still in the sky. And there it hung, making the only
two-day long day in the history of the earth. But, we might say,
that's impossible! Not for God. So if it were His desire to make
the morning darkness, He surely can do it. Not only does He control
the weather and elements on this earth, He controls, the universe
around it. In the life of King Hezekiah He made the shadow on
the sun dial go backwards 15 degrees. In order for this to happen
He would have to make the earth spin backwards. Nothing is too
hard for the LORD, the God of hosts.
Finally, He treadeth on the high places of the earth. Men
have been fascinated with reaching the tops of the mountains.
It takes planning and great endurance to do this. As for God,
He is already there. Where can we go to hide from Him? There
is no place on earth, under the earth, or in the universe where
we are not in His pressence. Top of a mountain? He is there.
The largest obstacles that we face geographically are of no consequence
to Him. They do not stagger Him. They do not keep Him away. And
the greatest obstacles we face spiritually are also easily managed
by Him.
His name is the LORD, the God of hosts. His reputation is
great! There is nothing too big to be out of His control. He
made all things, He controls all things!
