In Other Words: My Big God

Do you remember this song from Sunday School, or maybe your children now sing it?

My God is so big,
So strong and so mighty,
There’s nothing my God cannot do.

The mountains are His,
The valleys are His,
The stars are His handiwork too.

My God is so big,
So strong and so mighty,
There’s nothing my God cannot do.

So often we try to "figure God out".  Why would He do that?  Why would He allow this to happen?  Why doesn’t He answer my prayers the way I "need" them answered?  Though I don’t believe it is wrong to ask God "why" because through so many of life’s exerpiences He can grow us and show us the whys.  We can learn, grow, and share with others.  Yet, possibly even more of life’s experiences we will never understand, and that is where our child-like faith has to step in, and we let go, and let God.  Yes, easier said than done.~ Scripture continually tells us there is no one like God:

"There is no one holy like the LORD, Indeed, there is no one besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God."  I Samuel 2:2

". . . For I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst . . . " Hosea 11:9

"Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders which You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with You.  If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count."  Psalm 40:5

"Who is like You among the gods, O LORD?  Who is like You, majestic in holiness, Awesome in praises, working wonders?"  Exodus 15:11

" ‘ To whom then will you liken Me – That I would be his equal?" says the Holy One."  Isaiah 40:25

Do we sometimes grow so accustomed in our Christian walk that we forget God’s holiness, His awesomeness, His sinlessness . . . that we even forget to kneel before Him in our thoughts.  Is He just another "Person" in our minds – and not GOD?  ~How many times as a child did we hear, "Because I am the mom, THAT’S WHY!"  God’s ways are not our ways – His plans not our plans, and though it may be so hard to accept at times, we need that faith of a musterd seed to just accept and allow God to be God – because He IS God.

"For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways," declares the LORD.
"For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts."Isaiah 55:8-9 

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