1 The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty;
The LORD has clothed and girded Himself with strength;
Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved.
2 Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting.
3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD,
The floods have lifted up their voice,
The floods lift up their pounding waves.
4 More than the sounds of many waters,
[Than] the mighty breakers of the sea,
The LORD on high is mighty.
5 Your testimonies are fully confirmed;
Holiness befits Your house, O LORD, forevermore.
Psalm 93:1-5 nASB
Do you ever have periods in your life when you feel alone, times when you feel poured out and used up, times when you wonder if you’re even necessary? We all go through such times and we can lay the creation of those thoughts right at the feet of the enemy, the Liar, whose only power over us is that of deception.
I have come to recognize many of the patterns the enemy uses to try and get me to fall. That recognition does not necessarily make facing the lies any easier. What does amaze me, though, is the way in which my father always, always comes through in my weakest times with showers and showers of grace!
As of this writing, the world is facing the pandemic of Covid 19 - the coronavirus - and the feelings of helplessness and confusion and fear are palpable every where we turn. The circumstances of our lives may be out of our control, but the way in which we choose to view those circumstances is not. In spite of the pandemic, life goes on…and God is still with us!
In the life of my family this has proven to be true in a huge way over the past two weeks. Here is a brief rundown of what my family has had to endure concerning circumstances. We lost a sister-in-law who was only 57. One son was in a car accident with his new fiancee. That same son lost his job due to the onset of the pandemic. A cousin I grew up with passed away at 61 years of age (my same age!). His memorial service is postponed indefinitely due to the pandemic. One daughter-in-law faces layoff from her job due to the coronavirus. One of my brothers required laser surgery for kidney stones. And to top it all off, our daughter Hannah, her husband, Ash, and their daughters Elliott and Matilda were supposed to fly to the US for a three week visit…and that visit has been scrapped because of the pandemic. So what do we do when faced with such overwhelming circumstances? Where is the majesty of God in times such as these?
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to [His] purpose. Romans 8:28 NASB
There is no other God Who can take our most dire of circumstances and bring good to us and glory to His name than our God - the God Who wastes NOTHING! The little bit I know of God is truly the tip of the iceberg of Who He is, and only makes me want to go deeper and deeper into that precious relationship I have with Him. How can words adequately describe how He makes me feel? They cannot! Walk about the majesty of God! The Himalayas pale in comparison to the majesty and magnitude of God’s love and power!
I am overcome with emotion each time I meditate on what He has done for me and in me – the Creator God of the universe living His life through me? My mind can’t begin to fully contain the glory of that revelation. When I realize my smallness and His greatness…His glory and my significance to Him…this truly is a mystery of majesty….a mystery I will spend eternality trying to unravel…our God truly is amazing in the massive extent of Who He is…amazing in the massive extent of His great love for us…
24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present [you] faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, 25 To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, [Be] glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen. Jude 1:24-25 NASB
Getting to know my wife is a mystery I have spent, as of this writing, over 40 years now trying to unravel…and have only scratched the tip of the iceberg of who she is! But that makes me want to know her all the more! That is the way I see my relationship with my God! I have only touched the tip of the iceberg of Who He is and of what that means to my life. Thank God we have eternity to seek to know Him!
Let’s make this week all about getting to know our God even more intimately…and let it be about honoring His majesty and the great mystery of how awesome He is in that majesty. Let us be in awe that such a massive God would want to know the comparatively smaller us in an intimate way. That is mind-blowing stuff right there!
Dennis Jernigan
3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love 5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. Ephesians 1:3-6 NASB
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