The thought struck me this week that we don’t really have words that are able to express who God is. We, and many Biblical writers (think Ezekiel 1, Daniel 9, Revelation 1), say that God is like this or that – but we don’t have enough words to fully describe Him. Nor do we have brains that can fully comprehend Him. And my guess is that on the surface we really don’t like that because it puts God out of reach and beyond us. But deep down it should be a great comfort to us because if He were within reach and we were able to confine Him with words – then God would be far too small! God would become less than our language and our minds because both could contain Him.
One of the many great things about God’s incomprehensibility is that because He is far greater than us – He is powerful and great enough to handle the problems that are bigger than us. He is able to handle the difficulties of our lives that overwhelm us! And that should be great news and very comforting to us. So sing along with the Psalmist today:
“Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and His greatness is unsearchable.”! Psalm 145:3
“Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; His understanding is beyond measure.”! Psalm 147:5
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