(1) The Infinitude of God - Pt. 1

What does it mean when we talk about the infinitude of God . . . What does it mean when we talk about God being infinite? We are speaking about how big God is, how great God is.

Great is the LORD! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness. (Psalm 145:3 NLT)

When we talk about the infinite nature of God, we mean that He has no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude of any kind. He is immeasurably great . . . indefinitely or exceedingly great . . . unlimited or unmeasurable in extent of space, duration of time . . . . He is unbounded, unlimited and endless.

As we set out to consider the infinitude of God, we must first consider a question: Can finite beings who measure everything they experience truly conceive of infinity? Clearly, it is a challenge! Here is God’s pointed question, "To whom would you liken Me And make Me equal and compare Me, That we would be alike (Isaiah 46:5 NAU)?” A. W. Tozer explains:

God dwells in a mode of being totally beyond us and wholly above us and infinitely removed from us so when we think about God we are trying to think about someone unlike anything we know. God says, Who am I like? or to whom will you compare me? The answer being, nobody; nobody's like God, nothing's like God. God is like Himself. We attempt to conceive of a mode of being with which we are completely unfamiliar; not merely somewhat unfamiliar, but completely unfamiliar.

The God of glory is limitless and measureless. All of God's attributes [all that is a part of God’s nature] are limitless and measureless. Not only is God limitless, but he cannot be limited. All existence can trace its source back to God, therefore God exceeds the sum of all existence.

Here is an amazing truth to consider: As Scientists are able to explore deeper and deeper into the minute particles of the atom and farther and farther into the great expanse of the heavens, they continue to discover that there is more to be discovered. Could God have created an infinite world? This is a curious question to consider. But one thing is clear, at least as far as man will ever understand it, the universe is infinite. And God created all of it with the simple command of His word.

So, how big is YOUR God? What do your doubts, fears, discouragement, and worries say about how big your God is? Let’s get to know the infinite God of glory!
 
Soli Deo Gloria

(3) King David's God

King David had an appreciation for the glorious, infinite greatness of God. Meditate and worship through this beautiful declaration of praise to our infinitely great God.

So David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly; and David said, "Blessed are You, O LORD God of Israel our father, forever and ever.

"Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O LORD, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. "Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone. "Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name. (1 Chronicles 29:10-13 NAU)

David begins by blessing Jehovah. The word “bless” here is connected to kneeling in honor and reverence. He declared that Jehovah is worthy of reverence and praise forever and ever. God is worthy of this worship because He is the possessor and source of all greatness, power, glory, victory, majesty, yes, in fact, everything in all the universe! And, God rules. He exercises authority over all creation. In fact, no one has a spark of power or energy, or authority that has not been given by God. Realizing all this, David is humbled, gives thanks and praises his glorious God.

"But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You. "For we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope. "O LORD our God, all this abundance that we have provided to build You a house for Your holy name, it is from Your hand, and all is Yours. "Since I know, O my God, that You try the heart and delight in uprightness, I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to You. "O LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, our fathers, preserve this forever in the intentions of the heart of Your people, and direct their heart to You.  (1 Chronicles 29:14-18 NAU)

David is overwhelmed because the infinitely great God who owns and controls everything and needs nothing, has chosen to give him the privilege of honoring Him. He is overcome by the fact that God has given him the opportunity to serve and lead others to worship the true King of Glory.

When we come to see the infinite greatness, majesty, and glory of God, it is overwhelming. And then, when we realize that this overwhelmingly great God chooses to have a relationship with us and receive service and worship from us, it becomes too much to bear. The honor, the privilege of a personal relationship with this glorious, glorious God is . . . . . words cannot express it . . . to think that I, wicked, ungrateful, sinful . . . that I can have a personal relationship with this glorious God just cuts me to the core of my heart. I find it hard to express how overcome I am that I . . . me . . . I am not just allowed, but invited . . . encouraged . . . welcomed . . . wooed . . . into personal relationship with God. How can words capture this?

And then, to think that God would want me to serve Him and worship Him. Who am I to serve and worship the God of glory? May my life be consumed with delighting in the glory of this infinitely glorious God. May my life be consumed with leading others to be overwhelmed and filled with passion to delight in, worship, and serve our infinitely glorious God.

(5) Who is Like Our God?

We have seen a beautiful celebration of our infinite God in Psalm 145. Now we turn our attention to a series of penetrating questions in Isaiah 40 that can all be summed up under the question, “Who is great like our God?” Again, I challenge you to read slowly and thoughtfully. Consider the questions and statements carefully and think about what they say about the greatness of our God. But first, take a moment to pray and ask God to bring His Word alive to you as you read.

Isaiah 40:12-31 (NLT)

Who else has held the oceans in his hand?

Who has measured off the heavens with his fingers?

Who else knows the weight of the earth

or has weighed out the mountains and the hills?

Who is able to advise the Spirit of the LORD?

Who knows enough to be his teacher or counselor?

Has the LORD ever needed anyone's advice?

Does he need instruction about what is good or what is best?

No, for all the nations of the world are nothing in comparison with him.

They are but a drop in the bucket, dust on the scales.

He picks up the islands as though they had no weight at all.

All Lebanon's forests do not contain sufficient fuel

to consume a sacrifice large enough to honor him.

All Lebanon's sacrificial animals

would not make an offering worthy of our God.

The nations of the world are as nothing to him.

In his eyes they are less than nothing

mere emptiness and froth.

To whom, then, can we compare God?

What image might we find to resemble him?

Can he be compared to an idol formed in a mold, overlaid with gold,

and decorated with silver chains?

Or is a poor person's wooden idol better?

Can God be compared to an idol

that must be placed on a stand so it won't fall down?

Have you never heard or understood?

Are you deaf to the words of God

the words he gave before the world began?

Are you so ignorant?

It is God who sits above the circle of the earth.

The people below must seem to him like grasshoppers!

He is the one who spreads out the heavens like a curtain

and makes his tent from them.

He judges the great people of the world

and brings them all to nothing.

They hardly get started, barely taking root,

when he blows on them and their work withers.

The wind carries them off like straw.

"To whom will you compare me?

Who is my equal?" asks the Holy One.

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.

O Israel, how can you say the LORD does not see your troubles?

How can you say God refuses to hear your case?

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.

He gives power to those who are tired and worn out;

he offers strength to the weak.

Even youths will become exhausted, and young men will give up.

But those who wait on the LORD will find new strength.

They will fly high on wings like eagles.

They will run and not grow weary.

They will walk and not faint.

Hallelujah! What an awesome, infinitely great and glorious God! This is an incredibly powerful passage of scripture that just keeps coming at us with heart piercing challenges, demanding that we answer the question, “Who is great like our God?”

If we really let the challenge of this passage reach our hearts we will be overcome with brokenness over our doubts, anxieties, and fears. For what place do these have in the life of one who has a God like this?

If you’re still overwhelmed by some problem in your life, some challenge before you, read this passage again and be overwhelmed by an infinite God who is bigger than anything you will ever face.

Soli Deo Gloria