Thursday, October 1, 2009

(2) The Infinitude of God - Pt. 2

So how does scripture describe the infinite greatness of God? Let’s begin with a sampling of verses that describe God’s greatness. Read them slowly and thoughtfully. Allow the greatness of your God to envelope and overwhelm you.
Look, God is exalted beyond what we can understand. His years are without number. (Job 36:26 NLT )
His great works are too marvelous to understand. He performs miracles without number. (Job 9:10 NLT)
Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! For Who has known the mind of the Lord, or who became His counselor? Or who has first given to Him that it might be paid back to him again? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen. (Rom. 11:33-36 NAU)
Have you never heard or understood? Don't you know that the LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth? He never grows faint or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. (Isaiah 40:28 NLT)
He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number. (Job 5:9 NET)
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built! (1 Kings 8:27 NAU)
'O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as Yours? (Deuteronomy 3:24 NAU)
"Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now." (Numbers 14:19 NAU)
Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out one after another, calling each by its name. And he counts them to see that none are lost or have strayed away. (Isaiah 40:26 NAU)
In these verses we see that God’s years, miracles, knowledge, wisdom, power, strength, and authority are without limit. They tell us that God is exalted beyond what we can understand. His works are great and too marvelous to understand. This is the infinite God of glory. Is He your God?

The people of Israel got a view of God’s infinite greatness when they were delivered from Egypt. In the Song of Moses, the victory song the people sang after crossing through the Red Sea, God is worshiped for the abundance of His majesty or, His unlimited majesty (Exodus 15:7). This is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? Is He your God?

When asked, “Is He your God?” it is easy for us to answer affirmatively. Of course we give mental agreement that He is God. Of course we claim Him as our God. But perhaps we are far too quick to answer. Perhaps we need to put the question another way. Is this infinite God your God? Do you really view God this way? Do you have an awestruck, overwhelming, breath-taking view of the infinite greatness of God? Perhaps our view of life, our attitudes, thinking, and actions best answer these questions. So, slow down. Evaluate your life, question your attitudes and thinking. Scrutinize your actions. Does your life demonstrate a view of an infinitely great God? Do you have confident faith in the infinitely great God of glory?

Think about it!

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