How huge is your God? Do you acknowledge Him because the “Creator of heaven and earth” (Genesis 14:19)? Do you acknowledge Him as the One who with His “personal fingers stretched out the heavens” (Isaiah 45:12)?
And do you acknowledge Him because the one who “marshaled their starry hosts” (Isaiah 45:12), and “established the solar and the moon” (Psalm 74:16)?
Additionally, do you acknowledge that God “laid the earth’s basis” (Job 38:4), “set all of the boundaries of the earth” (Psalm 74:17) making “each summer season and winter” (Psalm 74:17), “each residing creature” (Genesis 9:10) and “created mankind upon it” (Isaiah 45:12)?
How Large is Your God?
We requested this query quite a few years in the past and consider God is telling us to ask it once more. It’s a matter of inspecting and re-examining our view of Him. So, we ask you, how huge is your God? However we additionally ask you, do you consider He is aware of and sees you; and does He care? Is He huge AND private on the similar time to note and care about what’s going on in your on a regular basis married life? Fortunately, He’s! We hope you see that.
Pastor/Evangelist Louie Giglio places it this manner:
“He’s sufficiently big to breathe out stars. But He’s intricate sufficient to trend collectively the trillions of cells that make up each side of who you might be. The God who spoke the universe into existence made you, too. And He is aware of every little thing about you.”
“From the smallest molecule to the scenario, you end up in proper now, He’s conscious of your circumstances. And He’s intimately acquainted with every little thing you do. The Lord cares about you and guarantees to hold you thru.”
Louie goes on to say,
“He’ll maintain onto you and maintain you collectively, giving energy to those that hope in His unfailing love. He’s the eternal God.”
God, Our Creator
Do you consider that? Generally it’s troublesome to consider it, isn’t it (particularly once we’re going by way of a time of faith-building silence)? It’s a matter I (Cindy) personally struggled with for a few years. I puzzled whether or not God actually did create the Heavens, the Earth and each residing creature. It’s one thing I doubted due to the idea of evolution that many scientists suggest.
I struggled to consider that Jesus is who He says He’s. Moreover, I doubted that He’s “the one means” to have a private relationship with God. And was/is it even attainable to have a private relationship with Him? I additionally questioned the reality of the Bible as a result of I’d heard so many arguments on the contrary.
However God was (and nonetheless is) affected person with me (in questioning how huge He’s). Repeatedly, the Lord has revealed Himself to me in so many private methods. I now know that I do know that I do know Who He’s, and that my religion in Him isn’t misplaced. As I seemed to Him for Fact, He revealed Himself to me by way of Jesus Christ.
But despite the fact that I finally believed God to be the Creator —I nonetheless struggled with realizing Him as my loving, Heavenly Father. I wasn’t positive He really noticed and cared about my life and my marriage.
The Lord seemed to be answering the prayers of others, however I didn’t see Him answering mine to the identical diploma. I might discover myself feeling that He is a good God who solutions prayer —however not mine.
Further Difficulties
What made it particularly troublesome in later life was fighting two grownup prodigal sons who walked away from their relationships with God (at completely different ages). We’ve spent years and years of praying, struggling to maintain believing, and frequently eager for their Christian fellowship. The times grew into years, they usually shook us to our core.
However fortunately, our one son and his spouse not too long ago rededicated their lives to Christ. What an amazing reply to prayer! Thanks, Jesus!
Different circumstances I’ve/we’ve prayed for have additionally stormed in opposition to our religion. For years we’ve acquired both “no” solutions or silence to essential prayer requests. And what seems to be the “silence of God” might be deafening!
However as we search Fact, we’re reminded that God’s methods aren’t our methods. Our timing isn’t His timing. It finally comes right down to the truth that He’s God, and we’re not. We can’t start to know all He does. We maintain forgetting or overlooking that. That’s straightforward to do when it “seems” that God isn’t working to reply our prayers.
Pastor Ray Pritchard provides the next up to now:
“I ran throughout one thing John Piper wrote that actually helped me. He says that day-after-day God is doing maybe 10,000 various things in your life, however you’ll solely be dimly conscious of maybe three of these issues. The numbers are arbitrary, however the level is completely proper. We barely get a glimmer of all that God is doing in us and thru us and to us and for us. We’re like little youngsters peering by way of a keyhole. At finest we see a sliver of what lies on the opposite aspect of the door. We regularly mistake that ‘sliver’ for the entire spectrum of actuality. God is aware of what he’s doing even once we don’t. He’s by no means clueless even once we don’t have a clue.” (From Ray’s article, “How Large is Your God?”)
Even so, God is affected person with us. And thru all of it we now have realized (the arduous means) that we should belief His coronary heart and love for us and for everybody else we pray for and love. It’s tremendously troublesome at instances, but it surely’s additional candy when God reveals what He’s engaged on in our lives.
Doubt Storms
We share this with you as a result of we would like you to know that you’re not alone in your “doubt storms.” All of us have vulnerabilities and undergo instances of temptation and wrestle. Ours are simply completely different than yours. Your religious journey is completely different than ours. However none of us escape “trials” and “tribulations” as we reside on this fallen world. Please don’t enable the enemy of our religion to idiot you into pondering in any other case. (See: James 1:2-5; John 16:33; Matthew 5:43-45; and 1 Corinthians 7:28.)
Our journeys could also be completely different but it surely’s essential to willingly take part in looking for the story God desires to jot down in you and thru you.
All the time know that on this journey, we’re to “reside by religion, not by sight.” (2 Corinthians 5:7) How can we train religion if we see and perceive every little thing? And the way might we relate to others who’re struggling if we don’t undergo? Because of this, “we will consolation these in any hassle with the consolation we ourselves have acquired from God.” (2 Corinthians 1:3-4) Past your hurts, there could also be somebody the Lord will level your means so you may assist and luxury them with compassionate understanding.
By all and regardless of all, we’re promised that we might be “greater than conquerors by way of Him who cherished us.” (See Romans 8:37-39.) That’s the reason we’re making this level this week. As God’s youngsters we should always not underestimate who we’re to God and what He can do in and thru us. “For God didn’t give us a spirit of timidity, however a spirit of energy, and love and of self-discipline.” (2 Timothy 1:7)
It doesn’t matter what is going on in your life and marriage, God can redeem all of it.
Approaching God
As soon as we comprehend who we’re in Christ and Whose we’re as youngsters of God, we will method the throne of God with boldness (see: Hebrews 4:14-16). He hears our prayers and is a “rewarder” of those that search Him (see: Hebrews 11:6).
It’s essential to acknowledge how huge and nice our God is, and but embrace that He is aware of us in private methods. He knit us collectively and is aware of every little thing about us. Our issues don’t escape His sight. As soon as we grasp this, we will achieve hope in what God will do in and thru us —relatively than feeling defeated.
Lots of you should buy the DVD Louie Giglio: How Great is Our God
Here’s a preview of this superior presentation regarding how nice and the way huge is our God. It has helped our religion to develop all of the extra; we pray it’ll assist yours too. It might be an amazing date night time (or a private devotional) presentation to look at:
In the event you reside in a rustic the place Amazon.com isn’t accessible to buy, then put the title of the Louie Giglio DVD into your search engine. Louie has toured the world with this sequence so we’re hoping there’s a means you may get hold of a private copy to take pleasure in and share.
To Aid you Additional:
If you’re struggling in your stroll with the Lord, we additionally encourage you to prayerfully learn the next articles on our site. We consider additionally, you will discover them to be useful:
We pray this may enable you to in your Christian stroll and in your marriage. Might it enable you to to confidently belief our huge God for all issues that concern you in your life!
Cindy and Steve Wright
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