OUR AWESOME GOD - 1

OUR AWESOME GOD – 1

Too often we take God for granted and fail to realize the many aspects of His remarkable being.  At our best attempt to understand and know God, we will never be able to even come close; however, we can grow in our knowledge and understanding of Him that we may serve Him more completely in our lives.  We need to realize who God is and the power He holds in His hands.

1 Chron.16:10,11   The more we know about God the more we will glory in His holy name.  As we realize the many aspects of God, our trust in Him will grow.  Ps.9:10   We will also be humbled as we realize what a small speck we are in the universe and yet he knows our name and everything about us.  We dare not fall into the attitude of those Paul spoke in Rom.1:21.  They “knew” God but they did not honor Him nor give thanks to Him. 

Instead they worshipped things made by man and made out of materials of the earth.  God was not “made” or even “created.”  Rom.1:20   God was from the very beginning.  He was, is, and will be.  He is self-existent.  It is difficult for a human to understand that concept because nothing we know can bring itself into existence.  We see the creation of God more and more.   Man might make a test-tube baby but he cannot give it consciousness or the ability to make moral decisions. Man cannot make it creative with many differing abilities.  God can and does.

Jhn.1:1-3   “All things” were made by Him.  Not anything was made without our Lord.  This is all-inclusive.  Col.1:16,17 expresses this in a powerful way.  The fact is that everything is held together by God’s Son.  Heb.1:2,3   At a moments notice, He could let go.  What an awesome God we worship!

In outward worship people often bow down in honor and reverence of somebody greater than themselves.  Many times people “bow” either bodily or with heads bowed.  A Christian has more than an outward “form” of worship.  Jesus explained the inward worship with the heart as He spoke to the Samaritan woman.  Jhn.4:23,24   Our worship must be more than just an outward worship—sitting/standing in church, bowing our heads when someone prays.  Are we praying with them?  It must be with our whole heart and spirit.  Where is our focus?  On God?  Never is it on the “leader” of worship which is the flash of some worship leaders today.

As we study the aspects of God, we are only “mere men” and those are the thoughts, words, and imaginations that we produce.  In is important to realize that we cannot reduce God to another human being for He is the Maker, the Creator, of man.  Job realizes that God has no limits.  Job 11:7-9   This fact is becoming more apparent all of the time as more and more discoveries are made through the Hubbell telescope and other means.  As more is visible, there is always more.  The discoveries of what God has created never ceases.

Although we will never fully understand God , a consideration of our understanding is explained in 1 Cor.2:10-16.  Our faith makes a difference in our understanding more about God.  The Holy Spirit helps us.  Job understood something important to help our knowledge.  Job 19:25   Even at that Job learned many things about God as he was questioned over several chapters.  When it was Job’s turn to answer, he realized a fact we need to remember.  Job 42:2

We can only know about God as He has revealed Himself to us in Truth.  1 Cor.2:11   An example has been made of a sunbeam when cut off from the sun is nothing.  So it is with man.  When man is cut off from His Maker (God), he is nothing.   All true and lasting power is from God.  Jhn.15:5   Without Him we can do nothing of note and with Him, anything is possible.  Lk.1:37

It is difficult for us as human beings to give “self” up completely   “I think”, “I want”.  We worship up to a point but to bow completely down in heart and spirit, we reserve a part of us for ourselves.  When we really give our lives to Jesus as He buys us with the great price of His blood (1 Cor.6:20), it is not simply loaning ourselves when it is convenient.  Isa.53:6   We go our own way.  Jesus gave another way in Matt.16:24.  Paul indicated that he was willing to do this.  Gal.2:20  

Do we realize the awesome God that we have and are we willing to truly worship Him in heart, mind, soul, and strength?  This needs to be our daily meditation.