“For the Lord is the great God, And the great King above all gods. In His hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the hills are His also. The sea is His, for He made it; And His hands formed the dry land. Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.” (Psalms 95:3-6 NKJV).
I don’t know about you, but I love meditating on the greatness and majesty of God.
By reflecting on God, you come to understand him better, you appreciate his holiness, his power and greatness. You can hardly reflect on the greatness of God without coming back to the Psalms. The Psalmists encountered God in their daily struggles and conflicts.
The Psalmist says, “The Lord is great!” How great is He? “He is the great King above all gods” (95:3). The deep places of the earth are in his hands. The heights, the hills, and the seas, are his. He made all things and formed the dry land. The Lord is so mighty but despite his transcendence, he condescends to observe what transpires on the earth. “The Lord is high above all nations, His glory above the heavens. Who is like the Lord our God, Who dwells on high, Who humbles Himself to behold The things that are in the heavens and in the earth?” (Psalms 113:4-6 NKJV). He is not aloof to human misery and problems. He is in control of his creation and what transpires in it.
Job 37:23 says God cannot be found, “As for the Almighty, we cannot find him…” That may have been true before the coming of Jesus. The arrival of Jesus changed everything about the revelation of God. In Christ, we see God face to face. Jesus is the fullest expression of God. Like the writer of the book of Hebrew says, Jesus is the brightness of the invisible God (Hebrews 1:1-3).
Again Job 11:7-8 says, God is unreachable and unfathomable. “Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?.” Though we may not know everything about God, through Christ we have come to know God better. Job spoke before the revelation of the incarnate and written word. The written word has given us an in-depth knowledge of who God is and the Holy Spirit has given us a better revelation of God in the face of Jesus Christ. As Paul wrote, “For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (II Corinthians 4:6 NKJV).
The Psalmist invites us to worship God because of who he is and as our Creator. “Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice” (Psalms 95:6-7 NKJV).
In the context of worship, God often speaks to us. God spoke in time past and speaks today. The psalmist says, ‘Today if you hear his voice…’ (v.7b). In this psalm, we also see that people go astray because they have not known God’s ways, (verse 10). Knowing and following God’s ways is key to living life as God intended. Contact:pastoracukachi@gmail.com
