How Great is God?
We all have heard that inspiring old Gospel song entitled, “How Great Thou Art.” It’s timeless lyrics bespeak of the awesome mighty power and wondrous love of God.
The song: “How Great Thou Art” was written in 1885 by Carl Boberg and has since become the second most popular gospel song, trailing only the epic song, “Amazing Grace!” Everyone has probably heard these fascinating lines:
“Oh Lord, my God; When I, in awesome wonder; Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made; I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder; Thy power throughout the universe displayed”
I think of these grand lyrics and the following verses every time I look up into a night sky. Then I contemplate the reality that there is a very powerful and loving God; way out there someplace!
Psalms 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Hebrews 1:10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
These divine truths cause me to attempt to imagine just how Great God truly must be. While it is impossible for the minds of mere human beings to grasp how great God must be; analyzing a few things about him begins to reveal a slight glimpse of his majestic and glorious Greatness:
Ten Great Things about Gods Greatness
# 1. I John 4:7 informs us that the Most High God that dwells far, far above the Heaven of heavens is in fact a “God of Love!”
How fortunate we human beings are that the Mighty Creator of all things is a God of love. Can you imagine the vanity of life that would exist for all, if Almighty God was by nature a Dictatorial unforgiving Tyrant?
Ephesians 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sin; hath offered us Grace through Christ.
It is Super Great that God is a Loving God!
# 2. God is not only Loving, he is Righteous! The opposite characteristic of righteous is to be an actor of Evil.
Psalms 119:137-138 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
How Great it is that Almighty God is perfectly Righteous!
# 3. Almighty God is also a God of “Justice!” Have you ever in your life been victimized by an evil doer? If you have, you have an idea of just how important Justice can be. Surely nobody wants evil to go unpunished! Only an omnipotent and righteous God can mete out true Justice!
Job 8:3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
How Great it is that God, who is Righteous will someday judge and execute his perfect Justice over all things!
# 4. Almighty God is a God of perfect Truth, and cannot entertain a Lie!
Titus 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
How comforting and assuring it is that God is incapable of lying. Not only is God incapable of lying, but since He is holy, righteous and Just, He is thoroughly disgusted by all liars! Chief among the Liars that God hates is the Devil himself, the father of lies!
How Great it is that Almighty God is a mighty bastion of absolute Truth! We’re He not, we would all be incapable of knowing the Truth!
# 5. The God that dwells way out beyond the heavens and created all things that exist; is the absolute sovereign of all that he made! He is absolutely all-powerful! There is simply no greater power anywhere!
Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
How Great it is that the God of Love, Justice and Righteousness is “The Almighty!” It is so comforting to know that no Evil Powers can ever overcome Almighty God!
# 6. Isn’t it “Great” that The Almighty God is interested in our personal welfare and fate?
Psalms 86:5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Psalms 86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Psalms 8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him?
Almighty God is so interested in our welfare and fate that He has undertaken the greatest “demonstration of Love” the world has ever observed; namely the sacrifice of himself on a Cross of Execution to offer us all a Pardon!
How GREAT is a God that he would be so mindful of man that He would do that! Talk about Awesome!
# 7. What if The Almighty God was not a god of Patience and demonstrated the ultimate in self temperament?
Romans 9:22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
Psalms 103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
II Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Oh my! How fortunate we all are that God is Patient, even long suffering! Imagine if God was not in control of his righteous wrath and demonstrating extreme patience toward us! We’d all be in big trouble!
How GREAT it is is that Almighty God is so Patient and Merciful, and not given to hasty Judgments!
# 8. Almighty God has made well over 7,500 promises in his Word! Many of His promises involves our personal welfare and fate! What if God couldn’t simply deliver on some of his Promises?
Psalms 93:5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.
Romans 4:21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
Hebrews 6:17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
How GREAT it is that God, who cannot lie, also never Promised anything that he could not deliver! His Word is Forever Sure and settled in Heaven! (Psalms 119:89)
# 9. Almighty God would never entertain any concepts of Compromise! God is sufficiently powerful enough and knowledgeable enough and wise enough to ever need to change his foreordained course.
James 4:4 know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Deuteronomy 5:32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
The Bible makes it clear that God does not condone compromising His commands. And neither does God alter his ways or construct compromises with the World. In fact, God is so perfect in wisdom and knowledge that he has no need of change or redirection!
Malachi 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not;
How GREAT it is that Almighty God is so perfect in His wisdom and character that He has no need to Change or Compromise! If God “changed” or “compromised” we could not rest in peaceful contentment with Word!
# 10. What if God could fail or lose? That would be terribly disturbing, wouldn’t it? But in fact, God cannot fail at anything!
Lamentations 3:22 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Deuteronomy 31:8 And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
I Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
How GREAT it is to know that God cannot Fail or ever be defeated! In fact, his greatest rival, Satan has already been Defeated! Yea, we now look forward to the Day when the Lord shall “put down” all enemies!
I Corinthians 15:24 Then cometh the end, when he (Jesus) shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
Oh How Great Thou Art! When I in awesome wander try to consider how Great God must be, I’m so glad that God is all that He is!
Focus on the Bible
April 1, 2022
by: Darrell G. Young
