Overwhelmed by Our Great God

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 The other night, I was reminded once again of how great our God is. I was walking back from my evening class where we had been discussing the marvelous work of God in giving us His written Word through the penned manuscripts of so many authors. In addition, I was pondering how even from the first chapter in Genesis, God’s sovereignty and His intimate care of His creation, including men and women, has been proclaimed.
It never ceases to amaze me when I think of the psalmist’s words:

“When I look at your heavens, the works of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?” ~ Psalm 8:3-4 (ESV)

I mean, seriously. Have you looked at the splendor and majesty of creation lately? Even now, with the snow falling almost every day and those beautiful days when the sun beams glisten on the pure white snow-covered ground, the beauty of God’s creation leaves me speechless. And yet, even in the middle of all this, God has chosen to place us. Yes, indeed, what is man [or woman] that Elohim, the sovereign Creator of all, would be mindful of each one of us?

“Oh Lord, you have searched me and know me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it all together. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.” ~ Psalm 139:1-5

Not only is God mindful of our existence and has a plan for our lives, but He knows us intimately. Everything we do, think or speak is known by Him.

“For you formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.” ~ Psalm 139:13-16

Our great and sovereign God is so intimately involved in our lives that He has written out our days before each of us were born. We can be confident that He does indeed care about even the smallest, seemingly insignificant details of our days.
These are the thoughts running through my mind as I remember that I serve a great God, who also intimately knows every part of my heart, every motivation, every hurt, and every joy. As I continue to walk in faith toward the next part of my life, and prepare to spend my summer in India, I am overwhelmed by the mercy and grace that God has shown in my life that He would call me to serve Him.
I am also reminded that God’s Word reveals the love He has not only for me, but for every person on this planet. In a country such as India, where the idea of a God who deeply cares for each person is so foreign, this is what my actions and words must convey. Everything I do must be done out of the love I have toward my great and faithful God who daily shows me just how much He does care.

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