“Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God.”
What a profound statement this psalm makes. It reflects the greatness of God. The statement “even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God," tells us that God is eternal and that He is pervasive in His universe. You can almost blow a circuit in your brain thinking about the greatness of God. That is why we have to take Him by faith and not by sight. The Bible tells that if we were to see God in all of His glory we would die. When the Israelites heard God’s voice on the mountain, they told Moses that he could talk to God alone. To put it mildly, to encounter God in all of His glory would be an intimidating experience - to say the least. There are all kinds of illustrations of the greatness of God, but none of them can really explain His dimensions. Think about this: It takes the light from the North Star, the nearest star to Earth, traveling at the speed of light (186,000 plus miles per second) four years to reach us. When you look up into the night sky, though you don't know which ones, some of the stars that you see burned out hundreds, maybe thousands, of years ago, but the light just reached us. Now that means that the universe is very large. Since God is "from everlasting to everlasting" and since He is the creator and master of all of it, He is larger than His universe. That, my friends, is BIG! Now think about this: "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us." (John 1:14) The Word had been referred to earlier by John as God. This means that this God, who is greater than the universe, fitted Himself into the frame of a human being. Why? John 3:16 tells us why: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." This has profound meaning for our lives. Through the Holy Spirit, and by faith in Him, He fits Himself into our little lives. Jesus becomes our personal Savior. Unbelievers like to make fun of the fact that we say we have a “personal Savior.” The point is that they cannot imagine a relationship like this. The greatness of God has gone completely over their heads. There are people who say that there is a god, but that he is not interested in our lives. He is too busy doing god things, and doesn’t have time for us. The great thing about the gospel is that the great God of the universe does care and He is not too busy doing God things to be interested in our lives. Romans 5:8 tells us: “But God commendeth His love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.” This is hard for a person to get his or her head around, but it is true. I guess to some people it is just seems too good to be true. To we who believe it is too good not to be true. The great thing is that this great, holy, all-powerful, all-knowing, all-present God not only wants to save us, He also wants to give us abundant life. In John 10:10b Jesus said: “I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly.” Jesus brings all of the riches of His glory into our lives. Jesus forgives us and frees us from the guilt that we would have without Him. Just think of it, the creator of the universe, the great God of the Bible loves us so much that He wants the best for us. I prefer that to thinking about facing this great God in judgment because of unbelief. Bro. Joe
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Margaret M Jones
4/25/2016 08:55:03 am
How profound! Almost more than I can comprehend. BTW I used your "Tangled Thread" devotion in SS yesterday - it makes such a good point.
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