Behold,
these are but the outskirts of his ways, and how small a whisper do
we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand? Job
26:14
Enlarging
God
Have you ever gotten out of a
city's light pollution and it is dark enough to see the heavens? To
stand and view the stars of just our own galaxy is awe inspiring and
humbling. God, who has created the entire universe, is indeed
immense and powerful in His Being. The heavens cannot contain Him
(2nd Chronicles 2:6, Psalms 113:5, 1st Kings
8:27).
There have been times in my past
when my view of God has been small and I have made Him into a God of
my imagination, feeling and thinking He is just like me and ignoring
all of his Attributes and the qualities of His perfect and divine
character. I've failed to understand that He in the fullness of His
Spiritual Magnitude and Character displays omnipotence
(completely and totally powerful), omnipresence (everywhere
at the same time), and omniscience (knows everything).
He is perfectly holy, self-existent, infinite,
personal, endowed with perfect wisdom, the
Creator of all things, self-sufficient, eternal,
immutable (cannot be changed or will not change), perfect.
He is truth, impassable-without passion and not overwhelmed
by any emotion, sovereign, He is capable of wrath, which leads
Him to judgment and punishment of unrighteousness, God is jealous, He
will not share the idea that He has to share our passion and
affection with anyone or anything else. Immanent in His creation
(involved directly with it). This does not exhaust His
attributes for His Character is so vast and expansive that it can
never be fully explored or comprehended.
Enlarging
God results in changing our view of looking to Him just to see what
we can get from Him. He wants more from us than that. He wants us to
seek Him and to know Him first for Who He is which can only be
accomplished through His Son Jesus Christ, whom He loves (John 14:6,
Matthew 3:17, 17:5, Mark 1:11). A.W. Tozer wrote How
completely satisfying to turn from our limitations to a God who has
none.
It is a believer's joy that we
can turn to an infinite and holy Being where there can be no end to
knowing Him. If your God is a limited God of your imagination you can
enlarge Him by seeking Him first to create a fellowship with Him that
is fulfilling and satisfying. At times He works with a whisper but
when He thunders in His power who can understand? His perfections go
on forever and He bids us to know Him so He can reveal Himself to us
in so many personal and beautiful ways. That is His desire for you.
Is it time to enlarge your God?
Ken
