The Counting God

Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. The counting God, doth not He see my ways and count all my steps? Job thirty one four. God is surely the great mathematician. All the intricacies of structure and process of His mighty cosmos are, at least in principle, capable of being described mathematically, and the goal of science is to do just that.

This precise intelligibility of the universe clearly points to a marvelous intelligence as its creator. God even telleth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by. Names, astronomers estimate that at least ten trillion trillion stars exist in the heavens, and God has counted and identified each one. And that is not all; the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Jesus said, "From the most massive star to the tiniest hair, God has counted each component of His creation." Such countings are far beyond human capabilities.

For the host of Heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured. But God has also created an innumerable company of angels, and has promised that the redeemed will include a great multitude, which no man could number. No wonder David exclaimed, "Many, O Lord, my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to usward; they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered." Perhaps the most wonderful of all God's counting activities is that implied in Job's rhetorical question. Doth not he see my ways and count all my steps?

If he has numbered the hairs on our heads, we can be certain he numbers our steps along the way and guides them all. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he delighteth in his way. Psalm thirty-seven, twenty-three. If you've enjoyed today's devotional, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, and please rate and review so more listeners can find us. To support ICR's ministry, visit icr.org/donate.

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