All too often, though, we--and by 'we', I mean 'I'--can get caught up in the troubles and trials that we face in everyday life. Some of it, indeed, menial; other things, a bit heavier, maybe a "thorn in our flesh". But nonetheless, in the grand scheme of things--if we had the capability to step back and view life, truly, from such a perspective--we would realize that despite our situations and circumstances in life: God is God. He has never changed.
Hebrews 13:8 tells us, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." This Jesus Christ, which John testifies as the Word in John 1:1-3---"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. All things were created through Him, and apart from Him not one thing was created that has been created."---our God was, and is, and will always be!!
Despite our challenges and difficulties, despite our "apparent failures", God is still God. He has never changed, and never will. He is still the very definition of love and all that is good. First John 4:8b states, "...God is love." It is His very nature. Regardless of our feelings, about ourselves, about our current conditions, about our future, about whatever...we still serve a God who demands to be praised.
Wherever you are, whatever you may be doing; whether you're living in the reality of God's love for you, or whether you feel on the outside of God's grace(which is impossible) ...whatever the circumstance; be reminded of the AWESOMENESS of God, our Creator.
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. God call the light "day," and He called the darkness "night." Evening came, and then morning: the first day......Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness...So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female...
...God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. Evening came, and then morning: the sixth day."
Genesis 1:1-5, 26-27, 31
"The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky proclaims the work of His hands. Day after day they pour out speech; night after night they communicate knowledge. There is no speech; there are no words; their voice is not heard. Their message has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the inhabited world."
Psalm 19:1-4
"Give the Lord--you heavenly beings--give the Lord glory and strength. Give the Lord the glory due His name; worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness. The voice of the Lord is above the waters. The God of glory thunders--the Lord, above vast waters, the voice of the Lord in power, the voice of the Lord in splendor. The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon. He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion, like a young wild ox. The voice of the Lord flashes flames of fire. The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth and strips the woodlands bare. In His temple all cry, "Glory!" The Lord sat enthroned at the flood; the Lord sits enthroned, King forever. The Lord gives His people strength; the Lord blesses His people with peace."
Psalm 29
"Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I stand up; You understand my thoughts from far away. You observe my travels and my rest; You are aware of all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, Lord. You have encircled me; You have placed Your hand on me. This extraordinary knowledge is beyond me. It is lofty; I am unable to reach it...
...For it was You who created my inward parts; You knit me together in my mother's womb. I will praise You, because I have been remarkable and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, and I know this very well. My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was formed in the depths of the earth. You eyes saw me when I was formless; all my days were written in Your book and planned before a single one of them began. God, how difficult Your thoughts are for me [to comprehend]; how vast their sum is! If I counted them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; when I wake up, I am still with You. "
Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18
O 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 pow'r throughout the universe displayed. Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee. HOW GREAT THOU ART, HOW GREAT THOU ART.
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