Knowledge of God’s Greatness

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.

Isaiah 40:28 NIV

“Oh for a thousand tongues to sing the great Redeemer’s praise!!!” He isn’t only able, but He gave us one of the most precious blessings we could ever receive–redemption, salvation, and the assurance that we’re sure of our eternal existence in His presence. Oh what peace knowing that we don’t have to wait until we’re in the presence of God for us to know whether we’ll spend eternity with Him–in pure love, joy, peace, splendor, and beauty–or if we’ll spend eternity apart from Him–in deepest, indescribable agony. That’s why our precious Lord Jesus was quick to point out that having our names written in the Book of Life is a much greater reason for rejoicing than having authority over demonic forces.

We’re free from perishing and from destruction because our wonderful God reveals essential life-saving truths to us. Lack of knowledge is often a reason why people are destroyed. But our God invites us to the world of knowledge, insight, and understanding. It’s because our God isn’t malicious; He’s good. He doesn’t want to hurt us; He wants to heal us. He doesn’t want us lacking; He wants us provided for. And a very reassuring truth about it is that not only is He willing and desiring for our best. He is able.

He’s greater than great. And that isn’t just some kind of Christian cliché we “throw” so flippantly out there. It’s a colossal truth. Why are we so confident that God can and will be true to His promise of supplying all our needs? It’s because He can and He will. But what about if the earth runs out of water, land space, food, energy, fuel, and other necessities of life? We don’t worry; our God is the great Creator, and He’s not dependent on other suppliers for the parts needed. Remember: “creatio ex nihilo;” God created everything out of nothing. And for some (we would say) crazy or odd reasons, some pessimists may respond with: “But what if we ‘run out’ of God?” Of course we lovingly smile at that honest and serious concern by some. It isn’t ever a question to us because God is from everlasting to everlasting. He is God, will always be God, and will always exist.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but God won’t. In fact, we too will partake of the everlasting future. Not all will. Yes, there’s some kind of “depletion” happening in creation. Consider that as something like “wear and tear.” And even those that are not fully exhausted or depleted, there will be a day when God replaces everything with a new heaven and a new earth. Again, the concern: “Will God not be depleted?” Again: no worries. Our God is the ultimate Source of power. He never grows tired or weary. Yes, with all our needs, prayers, and requests, we will never exhaust Him and His resources. HE IS THE RESOURCE AND HE IS INFINITE.

Of course He doesn’t always do things our way. And praise God for that. In fact, He mostly dosen’t do things our way. And praise God more for that. He always does best, and we get to have a taste of the best because of Him. We’ve learned of some people who quickly quip: “Your God is confusing; He’s so hard to understand.” We understand the sentiment, and we pray for them to understand. The truths we need to know about God, we can know. But our inability to fully comprehend God leads us to believing Him more than rejecting Him. Why so? It’s because it’s another proof of His divinity and greatness. The greatness of creation, the greatness of His wisdom, the greatness of His ways draw us more to–not push us away from–Him–His reality.

All we have to do is see how infinitesimal–how insignificantly invisible we are in the context of the universe, and we will understand how reasonable it is that we can’t fully know everything there is to know about God. We have hardly scratched all available information about the universe; God is incalculably way much bigger than the universe.

God is real; God is great. Praise Him; He’s good; He’s understanding; He’s loving; He cares, and He’s involved in our lives. Thank God.

Yes; thank you Dad.

One True Living God

Jeremiah 10:10   (KJV)   ¹⁰ But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

There’s only One true living God; a god among millions of gods isn’t God, a dead god isn’t God.  He’s the King of all Kings, Lord of all Lords. He is eternal, awesome, all-powerful. No one and nothing can fight against Him and survive, much less, prevail.

We stand, walk, and live in awe of the LORD our God. There’s no one else like Him. No one else is all-powerful, all-present, and all wise. There’s no other Name greater. He rules over all people of all nations. Others fight against Him; but everyone will eventually bow before Him and acknowledge Him for who He is. He existed before time; He will exist after time.

We praise God that He gave us wisdom to understand. We don’t have to find ourselves fighting a sure losing battle. God is the very source of life; He’s the very force or being that created the entire universe, and is the One sustaining or preserving it. We’re on His side; we live for Him. We’re not of those who incur His wrath; we’re of those who receive His pleasure. We don’t look forward in fear to destruction; we longingly and joyfully anticipate His return and our ultimate salvation and glorification, abiding forever in His presence, power, peace, wisdom and love.

Mountains May Crumble, But

Isaiah 54:10   (KJV)   ¹⁰ For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

Heavens and earth will pass away; God remains. God is God; He’s the I AM; Who He is today will be Who He is forever. He is immutable—unchanging. He is omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, eternal, loving, just, holy, and righteous. He is merciful, gracious, and kind. The mighty mountains will be shaken, the glorious stars will fall, kingdoms will end, blasphemous voices will be silenced. His Kingdom will go on, and on… This is a declaration in the eternal Word from the eternal God. Everything God declares through His Word is true. Every proof available proves it. God and His Word, they’re undeniably and absolutely dependable.

We believe God because God proves Himself. He created heavens and earth; He lives in all His children; He is with everyone; He knows even the innermost secrets of our hearts. He existed before anything ever existed and He will live forever. He demonstrated His love for us in that while we were still drowning in sin, Jesus came and sacrificed His life for our salvation. No one can bribe Him; no one can tempt Him to sin. How many times have we sinned and we were given time to repent instead of being punished right away? We will spend eternity with Him in glory not because of our accomplishments but because of His. God is Who He says He is. He does what He says He will do; He will be Who He says He will be.

We, true believers, faithful followers have a billion and more reasons to rejoice; we’re in really good hands; we’re in a really good company. This is not about being a Democrat, a Republican, or an Independent. It’s not even about being an American. It’s about being a Christian, about being His. Everything about our lives is a journey of increasing glory. We have full life now; it’s about to become even fuller. It’s wonderful now; it’s about to become even more wonderful. We may be shamed and disgraced now, but we will be vindicated, lifted up and glorified. The eternal God Who is all so true to His Word, the Lord of Hosts, our Redeemer will end every word, every action, and every thought that raises itself up against God, his Kingdom, and His children. And He, He will just forever be the awesome, perfect Him.