Jeremiah 10:11-13 – Our Awesome Creator God

Jeremiah 10:11-13 is a declaration that every created god will perish. Why? None of them made heaven or the earth. Unlike the Creator God, every idol is crafted by men and the product of their hands. It was the Creator God who had made the heaven and the earth. Hence every one of those idols will perish.

In contrast, Yahweh the Lord God of Judah is the Creator God. It was He who had made heaven and the earth with His wisdom and power.  He alone had the knowledge and understanding to stretch out the heavens. The water, clouds, lightning, and rain that the land needed and depended on are all under the control of Yahweh the Creator God. He is the one responsible for nature and not Baal which the pagan had long believed. How dare man attributes such marvelous works of His hand to man-made idols? No wonder God guarantees that every one of them shall perish from earth!    

Let us briefly revisit Genesis 1:1-5 so that we will never attribute and relegate His work to handmade gods and lesser beings. Only our logical Creator God has the wisdom to create the world and universe in such a logical fashion. From the creation account, we can see that only the  Creator God who creates the heavens and the earth has the capacity to create everything in such a marvelous way. The Triune God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit -  collaborated and brought about creation. God, the Father is the key component in creation. The other two are the Spirit and Jesus the Spoken Word. In a collaborative effort, the Triune God created space and matter out of nothingness. Heaven is the space and earth is the matter. And both are bought into time at a point in time and continue to be. “In the beginning” signifies time, “heaven’ signifies space, and “earth” signifies matter.

This Creator God did not only make matter and space and brought them into time, He also brought orderliness out of chaos and formlessness. Remember before the Triune God went into action, the earth was just a chaotic mass. It was without form and was empty. God initiated it, the Holy Spirit hovered over it and Jesus, the Spoken Word of God brought order and form on earth to pass. From this, we recognize the ability of our Trinitarian Almighty to bring orderliness and effectiveness into our listless life easily. He wants to do that for each of us so that we can have orderliness in daily living.

From all these, we cannot but see that our God has a plan and purpose. He knew that the life forms He would bring about would need living space, so He had them put in place first. If God thought about such minute details, dare we think that He is oblivious to our needs? God thinks of us all the time. He has plans installed for us beyond our wildest dreams. He challenges us to unlock His plan and the dreams He has for us. Let’s unlock the dreams that God has for each of us!