“Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon
His name; make known His deeds among the people. Sing unto Him, sing psalms
unto Him; talk ye of all His wondrous works. Glory ye in His holy name; let the heart
of them rejoice that seek the Lord. Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His
face continually. Remember His marvelous
works that He hath done, His wonders and the judgments of His mouth, O ye seed
of Israel His servant, ye children of Jacob, His chosen ones!” (1 Chronicles
16:8-13, KJ21)
Sometimes the words roll off our tongues quite easily when speaking of
the God that always been, that will always be.
We act as if we can explain God. We act as if know all about who He is
and how He works. We don’t speak of God
as being unexplainable, unfathomable or being majestic or omnipotent beyond our
words. We reduce Him to our
understanding and make Him just beyond ourselves.
We need to stop this speaking of our
God, whose vastness we know in miniscule capacities and amounts. We need to
lose our selves in the awe of Him and the scope of His love for the world and
all He created. We need to release our
hearts and minds to the wonder in the limitless space of His power and
knowledge inexhaustible in our comprehension.
Instead of speaking, we need to be still, worshiping as we acknowledge we are inadequate in language to
truly speak of God who has such power.
As Christians we need to take time to be reflective, even for a few
moments to consider the spectacle of God’s creation both in its majesty and in
its intricacy. To truly worship the God
who separated the earth and sky and created all that is, out of nothing. This worship should bring quiet prayers of
gratitude to God who even in creation, would choose to form human beings in His
image. In His image we are given soul
and spirit of His essence which brought us as human beings into relationship
with His immeasurable greatness and His perfect design. Though initially separated by sin, we were redeemed
and repositioned by grace renewed to this created intended relationship. We as human beings who even in a fallen
sinful state are loved and given a chance to be reconciled through Jesus Christ
the Son to this God who created the world.
How can this be? It should make us stop in the awe and
magnitude of having such a personal relationship the God of the universe. All that He was and is and is to come remains
daunting to our simplest
Suggested Reading … 1 Chronicles 16
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