Psalm 145:3-7 , December 30, 2009

Ps 145:3-7 "Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom. 4 One generation will commend your works to another; they will tell of your mighty acts. 5 They will speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty, and I will meditate on your wonderful works. 6 They will tell of the power of your awesome works, and I will proclaim your great deeds. 7 They will celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness." NIV

Who can truly comprehend the greatness of God! Creator of all things, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent and so much more, God is above all things and within all things. He is all wise, perfectly just and holy and yet His very being IS LOVE! No one can understand the infinite God! Our minds are too limited by their point of view. How can the finite comprehend the infinite? How can the imperfect comprehend the perfect? It is impossible.
God has allowed Himself to be known by those who seek Him, but who can fully grasp all that is God? This is an impossible task, yet we are encouraged to seek Him, to desire Him, to reach for this knowledge that is beyond knowing! We exhorted by the writer of Hebrews in Heb 11:6 that God “… rewards those who earnestly seek him.” The Lord also declares through the prophet Jeremiah in Jer 29:13 “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” God makes himself known to man and invites us to explore the depths of who He is. David spent his whole life in pursuit of God and yet he only touched the fringe of who God is. Every page of every book contained in the scriptures is a reflection of the men and women who lived their lives in pursuit of God and yet there is so much more of God yet to be unveiled to the human heart.

In Psalm 145:3-7 David celebrates the power of testimony to spread the knowledge of God. The story of what God has done and is doing is alive and contagious. The disciples spoke of this power when they recounted one of their post resurrection encounters with the Lord as He opened the scriptures to them. In Luke 24:32 they say “Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?”KJV The testimony of Christ awakened an inner burning in the hearts of the disciples and that same power is still at work today! In reference to the testimony of God David describes God’s mighty acts, the splendor of His majesty, His awesome works and His great deeds! As he tells of these things he recounts how they have moved him to meditation on the greatness of God. This is the power of testimony. God wants to make you think!!!!

When we take time to really consider the works of God from a spirit of faith how can we not rejoice? When we slow down enough to invest ourselves in considering the works of the Lord how can we not be moved to marvel at God’s ways. God wants to be known by each one of us. He has revealed himself through a manifold, multi-generation spanning love affair with mankind. God has not done his work off in a corner somewhere. He has positioned himself right in the center of all human activity, plainly displayed through both His son and His people so that anyone who would seek after God can speedily find him if he will but stop, look and listen! God is waiting to make himself known to you today. Make the time to become a seeker!