Psalms 135:5 (ESV Strong's)
5 For I know that the LORD is great,
and that our Lord is above all gods.
God is the GOAT!
In our sports world we often hear discussions about who is the Greatest Of All Times (the GOAT). The talking heads of the sports world love to compare past performance in past eras with those of today’s great accomplishments. They desire to show the glory of one athlete (or a team of athletes) over the other. In the above verse, the writer of Psalm 134 makes a bold claim that God is the GOAT! To put this in context we have to remember that Israel was a monotheistic nation. They believed there was only one God. The Egyptians, of course, had multiple gods. These are the gods Yahweh (Israel’s God) destroyed:
Psalms 135:8 (ESV Strong's)
8 He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
both of man and of beast;
The world around them had many idols, of which they worshipped but received nothing back:
Psalms 135:15-18 (ESV Strong's)
15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
the work of human hands.
16 They have mouths, but do not speak;
they have eyes, but do not see;
17 they have ears, but do not hear,
nor is there any breath in their mouths.
18 Those who make them become like them,
so do all who trust in them.
The writer of this song makes sure the reader knows that God is greater than any god. He is not only “great,” He is “above” all gods. The placing of Yahweh “above” other gods shows their need to worship Him. We do not serve a God like the world tries to describe Him. The world would water God down to a “god-lite” version. The belief that God is mighty and awesome and all-powerful, frightens the world. To make sure they can survey, they would rather create the god they worship than worship the God who created them. By doing this they have ownership over the god vs God have ownership over them. Our God is the GOAT!!
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