August 6: Thoughts on Exodus 15:11

"Who among the gods is like you, O LORD? Who is like you - majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?"
~Exodus 15:11

"Who is like the LORD? Nobody. Who is like the LORD? N-n-n-n-n-nobody."

If you're like me, you instantly got that song stuck in your head when you read today's verse.

But really, it's true, isn't it? Who is like God? There's nobody like Him. We work hard and strive to be good people, free from sin, but nobody's perfect. Nobody can be like God.

In my opinion, this is where a lot of religions go wrong. They teach that if you work hard enough, eventually you can be just like their god. While this certainly isn't true of all other religions, it is true of a large number of them.

If a religion really teaches that we can become like its god, its god must not be very great, and isn't our God at all - for none of us can even come close to the greatness of who God is.

He is God and we are His people. We can become Christlike (which is God-like), but that's a daily struggle, and we're asymptotic to godliness (by which I mean that through faith and perseverance, we can get close but not quite to the point of godliness). Wasn't Lucifer's fatal flaw his attempt to be like God?

Luckily, we don't need to be just like God. We don't need to be perfect, because Jesus, who was perfect, died in our place. All we need is faith that He did it. God said it, I believe it, and that settles it.

Also, our God is "majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders." God is great, nifty, awesome, majestic, wondrous, glorious, powerful, mighty, etc. I'm glad that I have the privilege to know Him, and that He cares about little old me.