There is NO Rock Besides God! Isaiah 44-50

 Isaiah 44:6-8 (ESV)

Besides Me There Is No God

6 Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel

and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts:

“I am the first and I am the last;

besides me there is no god.

7 Who is like me? Let him proclaim it.

Let him declare and set it before me,

since I appointed an ancient people.

Let them declare what is to come, and what will happen.

8 Fear not, nor be afraid;

have I not told you from of old and declared it?

And you are my witnesses!

Is there a God besides me?

There is no Rock; I know not any.”

There is NO Rock Besides God!!

The entire story of the Bible is the all sufficiency of God as opposed to anything else man can imagine or value.  The sufficiency finds itself complete in Christ.  God’s entire plan and purpose is so that man discovers (God reveals to him) that God is to be worshipped, through the sacrifice of Christ.   In the above passage we see one such statement that echos that main theme.  Throughout Isaiah 44-50 we read many of these statements.   These statements of God’s greatness and superiority over all that man’s worships is seen right after the above words are written.  Note:

Isaiah 44:15-17 (ESV)

15 Then it becomes fuel for a man. He takes a part of it and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Also he makes a god and worships it; he makes it an idol and falls down before it. 16 Half of it he burns in the fire. Over the half he eats meat; he roasts it and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!” 17 And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. He prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”

There is no God beside the LORD, the King of Israel.   Isaiah states, we are not to be fearful because there is no ROCK!!  He knows of no other.   When’s we rest in the assurance that God is the ROCK of our lives, we have nothing to fear or to be dismayed about.  God is worthy of our trust and praise and worship.