Who’s the
Greatest?
He must become greater; I
must become less.
John 3:30
If ever there
was a pat, rock-solid Sunday School Q&A, this is it.
Q: Who’s the
greatest?
A: God. (Of course!)
We know the
right answer, but how do we explain it? Think about giving a college-level,
advanced math story problem to a preschooler. You can tell her that the answer
is three, and she may even be able to write a 3 legibly on the worksheet, but
she’ll be clueless to explain all the steps it would take to arrive at the
correct answer.
We know that God
is the greatest, but who can begin to fathom His greatness?
Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can
you probe the limits of the Almighty? (Job
11:7)
Great is the LORD and most worthy of
praise; his greatness no one can fathom (Psalm
145:3).
He has made everything beautiful in its
time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what
God has done from beginning to end (Ecclesiastes
3:11).
We cannot begin
to understand His works
and ways, the
depth of His wisdom, or the height
of His thoughts. Who can describe the width and breadth of His
love? It’s impossible to wrap our minds around how He created
even one star. Add to that mystery the knowledge that He hung
each one in place and calls
them each by name! We respond with the Psalmist, What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you
care for them? (Psalm
8:4).
If that’s not
enough to blow our finite minds, think on this. God made
the world and all it contains. Every square inch of it belongs
to Him and cannot
be moved. And although the earth is His
footstool, He does not sit on His throne at a distance. He’s a personal,
hands-on God. He knit
us together in our mother’s womb. Before our birthdate, He ordained
to the day how long we’ll live here. He knows
everything about us, right down to the exact hair
count before and after we shower or undergo chemo. We are His workmanship,
each uniquely wired, gifted, and designed to
do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do (Ephesians
2:10).
Although we’ll
never be able to fathom His greatness, may that not hinder our joy or awe in
discovering more about God today than we knew the day before.
Today: Think about one thing you know about God and take it deeper.
Unpack that one truth in prayer and Scripture, seeking to know more of His
greatness.
The world is charged with
the grandeur of God.
Gerard
Hopkins
grace and peace,
Lenae
