A Daily Call

   I find it interesting how God brings a message. This is one that has blessed me and drawn me closer to the Lord.

   In the last two weeks I have listened in on two different Bible studies on the Book of Jonah. Both studies came from completely different angles. One illustrated the run-away prophet; the other, the servant who was displeased with how God didn't deal with the situation the way the man thought it should come out.

   All around Jonah was a stinker (and not just when he came out of the belly of the fish). But I think the most important aspect of this book in the Bible is the willingness of God to faithfully call his chosen prophet to pursue His will.
   God calls us to obedience, but even when we run away, fall away, or push Him away his Holy Spirit is always there to call us to his will.

^{Luke 11:28} He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

How Great Thou Art

  John 1 In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was with God in the beginning. ³ Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. ⁴ In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. ⁵ The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

¹⁴ The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

 ¹⁸ No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

   These verses in the Bible are some of the most foundational in true Christian faith. They speak directly to the Deity of Jesus but even more so as to the "largeness" of God. When in discussion with people it seems that grasping the idea of one God who is also three is too much to wrap our human minds around.

   I, myself, have struggled with this but recently I have been meditating deeply on this "largeness" that is God.

   The Bible tells us that God created everything; that in the beginning there was only God and that it gave him pleasure to form the cosmos and all that is in it. This means that he created time, space, and every atom, molecule, and organism that has its being within that creation.

   God surrounds this creation; He is larger then His creation, larger then time, larger then space, and yet at the same time he is within his creation. It was God who spoke light, who parts seas and rivers, walks on water, hung on the cross, and who indwells the believer. My human mind still struggles with this expansiveness, but yet find such a great comfort in that the largeness of His love surrounds me even with all my flaws and failings.

   My prayer is that as He continues to reveal His Majesty we can open our eyes to see and our ears to hear and know "How great Thou art".