Higher Power. Don’t leave. I know that those two words (Higher Power) invokes many thoughts and feelings, some that could cause some of you to run the other way. That is a first reaction to anything god-sounding. Thinking about something bigger than us is hard to do. Yet most of us feel a sense of longing for something “more.” Can there be something/someone big enough to take care of all the things for which we are powerless? King David talks about that kind of Higher Power (who he chose to call God.)
“God's love is meteoric,
his loyalty astronomic,
His purpose titanic,
his verdicts oceanic.
Yet in his largeness
nothing gets lost;
Not a man, not a mouse,
slips through the cracks.”[1]
I hope [desire with expectation of obtainment; expect with confidence and trust.”][2]
"Your largeness is beyond my ability to comprehend. You are so big . . . it is like not being able to truly understand what a billion is -- or even a million. And You are much, much, infinitely more than a billion, than a trillion, than a quadrillion, and even beyond a googolplex. BIG. And You choose to love us in spite of who we are and/or what we do. You are faithful and trustworthy. You will do as You promised. You are the only One God, who is active in Your creation -- of course that is because You are the only true God. You are able -- abundantly able -- to provide for and protect us. We cannot be lost because You see us. You see everything including a mouse, and also the tiniest of Your creations, as small as a mustard seed.
I praise You just because You desire to love us and be a friend to us, and care for our every need. You know what I need before I do. You are our hope and we can count on Your love, care, salvation, provision, protection, patience, acceptance, steadfastness, perseverance (in calling out to us by the power of the Holy Spirit), and so much more than I have words to express.
Praise You. Almighty God. Lord of heaven and earth. Master of everything. Praise You!!!"
David’s God is tremendously bigger than I can understand. If this God exists (and I believe David’s God does), awe and honor is appropriate. So, Praise God!!
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