Imagine an alien lands on earth for the first time and is handed a photo of an ant.

If the photo is isolated, there would be no way of telling how big or small it really was. The alien would need to see the ant “according to scale,” standing next to something, to truly comprehend its size.

In a reverse scenario, we’re a bit like the alien in our view of God. We look at city buildings a thousand feet tall. We admire the great pyramids. We celebrate man’s achievements to cure diseases and walk on the moon. We follow without question the philosophies of university professors, celebrities, and cable news anchors. And, sometimes without thinking, we then put God on the same level, on a par with the wisdom and strength of men.

But if you see the face of God through Scripture, worship, and creation, and place Him next to the things of man, His size becomes readily apparent.

As the prophet Habakkuk poetically says in today’s verse, God’s power towers above anything that man could ever create.

If you don’t view God according to scale, you’ll miss how big He really is.