Highest Place

“Is not God in the heights of heaven? 
And see how lofty are the highest stars!” (Job 22:12 NIV)

The immensity of the heavens tells us something about the Creator: He is higher than the stars; He is bigger than His creation.

“Can you fathom the mysteries of God? 
Can you probe the limits of the Almighty? They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? 
They are deeper than the depths of the grave—what can you know?” (Job 11:7-8)

The fact of His greatness instructs us about the proper attitude toward His Being. It teaches us humility.

How can we reach such a God? We can’t.
How can we claim His attention? We shouldn’t even try.


“Who is like the LORD our God, the One who sits enthroned on high,
who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?” (Psalm 113:5-6)

He chooses to look down upon us.
And wonder of wonders, He chose to come down to us. This is the mystery of the Incarnation.

“. . . Christ Jesus:
 Who, being in very nature God,
      did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
 but made himself nothing,
      taking the very nature of a servant,
      being made in human likeness.
 And being found in appearance as a man,
      he humbled himself
      and became obedient to death—
         even death on a cross!
 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
      and gave him the name that is above every name . . .” (Philippians 2:5-9)

From the highest place to the lowest and back to the highest. We have only to stand in awe of Him—Creator, Redeemer, and Exalted One.