Greatness of God

Reflect God's character, Respect His Lordship.

Matt Rawlins talked about the greatness of God and how his nature and character ties into this. God created all of the stars, the earth, everything in and on the earth and humans and plants and animals with such creativity and precision. He is holding everything together with his power. Power is not a problem to God that's why we must be like him in character, not in nature. We must be vulnerable and love because power causes problems with humans. Jesus emptied himself of all power and humbled himself to take on flesh and die on the cross. The enemy will use power to deceive us as he deceived Eve by telling her she would "be like God."

God created 1,500 galaxies with 1-100 billion stars in each galaxy!! He appointed them and knows them by name. He is holding them together with no problem and yet knows MY every thought before I think it, the deepest desires of my heart, and how many hairs are on my head and DELIGHTS IN ME. I had to let this sink it. I came to the realization that God's glory is heavy. He is the most powerful being in the entire universe who is holding all material world together. It is overwhelming. My mind was BLOOWWNN! Not that I didn't know this but the fact that who He truely says He is becoming a reality in my life.

Awe and fear and reverance with God is only the beginning. It starts bringing new light to intimacy and what that really means because we know who we're being intimate with. He gives us a choice to do so without violation. God is not controlling, but sovereign. He's not selfish, just humble.

Live lives responsive to Him because He is WORTHY. Our choices have value and they matter to God. Make choices on a deeper reality that God is worthy to be praised. Certain value systems can be destructive. Sin is the essense of choosing something other than God. I need to discover what values I'm living for because the flesh longs to put value on anything and everything other than God. We cannot give things value that they don't have because then they define you by a false set.

The first step in deception is internal. We simply believe something about God that is not true. This is the enemies tactic against us because our flesh wants to interpret who God is through our circumstances and experiences instead of who he actually is. In order to be intimate with God, we must understand how big he is and how good he is.

He is who He is.

Recognize the warface and the strong current of darkness all around us and hold onto the truth of God's sovereignty. I will not question the greatness of God and that is becoming a non-negotiable in my life.

To the degree you know God is to the degree you are able to trust Him.