Monday, October 20, 2008

I read this the other day from Knowing God by JI Packer, and it really struck me.

"The world dwarfs us all, but God dwarfs the world. The world is his footstool, above which he sits secure. He is greater than the world and all that is in it, so that all the feverish activity of its bustling millions does no more to affect him than the chirping and jumping of grasshoppers in the summer sun does to affect us. Behold your God!"

This statement really puts things in perspective. We are finite, he is infinite. We are confined to always being in one time and place, while he is omnipotent. We are bogged down by the cares of each day, while he has insurmountable wisdom, knowledge, and power. We can be intimidated and overcome, while he is victorious. We make blunders and sin, while God is holy and righteous. Everything must answer to him in the end, and everything was created by him in the beginning.

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