I believe that God is big enough because of His nature- He's powerful, eternal, omnipotent, omnipresent, etc. But how big is big?
I often like to think that I'm significant on this planet and I don't trust that God is big enough and good enough for me to live a life in awe of Him.
Thank God for science, because now we can get a glimpse of how big God is.
In the bible, Isaiah speaks about how epicly big God is- "Who has measured the waters of the earth in the hollow of His hand, measured heaven with a span...?" (isaiah 40:12) Okay, i can't even hold 20 marshmallows in my mouth...And here is God, holding the universe in his hand- ONE hand) and His love for us as as high as the heavens too..WHAT? are you kidding me? HOW? WHAT? WHY??..
So much for thinking I'm important. I'm pretty much an invisible spec in His hand.
Last weekend, I wanted to runaway, Hide away..leave. Why? Because I thought I knew better. Because I thought I knew my plans were greater than His. I just want to slap myself silly. He could crush me by just placing his eyelash on me..not even that. it's unimaginable how insignificant we are, yet He asked His son to die for me.WHAT?! why?! Because we were made to appreciate and experience the vastness and the goodness of Him. Sadly, we didn't want it. lame.
The last couple of days, I decided to trust that God was good enough and big enough..our school saw $2500+ come in an hour for my school friend's course fees. God was testing me on whether I actually meant what I said which was "I'll give everything to You, because everything I have is Yours"..So, conclusion is that don't tell God you'll do something if you don't mean it, cos He takes your word for it. I felt God said to give up 2 things i dearly loved without even knowing that the ppl i gave those thing to were asking God for it. And there's more..God wanted me to give $200 to someone, and so I did (was very reluctant) but then 2hours later, i get a phone call from someone saying that he wanted to give me $200. that happened all in one day. I won't go on about all the other days where God poured out His goodness on me and my friends around me. It'll blow your mind. I don't expect God to pour out His goodness on me, but He does and He can cos He's HUGE. if He called the universe to be, I'm certain He has big and amazing plans for me as I can already see it being written right here, right now..and I can already see it coming into place..very slowly.
If only my mind could grasp how good He is and how big he is all the time. I can only handle so much for a day. I know that I'm going to forget all this next week or something, but thank goodness that God is patient and He loves reminding us How awesome He is.
"Why, the nations are but a drop in a bucket, a mere smudge on a window. Watch him sweep up the islands like so much dust off the floor! There aren't enough trees in Lebanon nor enough animals in those vast forests to furnish adequate fuel and offerings for his worship. All the nations add up to simply nothing before him-- less than nothing is more like it. A minus.
So who even comes close to being like God? To whom or what can you compare him?
Don't you know anything? Haven't you been listening? GOD doesn't come and go. God lasts. He's Creator of all you can see or imagine. He doesn't get tired out, doesn't pause to catch his breath. And he knows everything, inside and out." (Isaiah 40)
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. (Psalm 36:5-6)
"This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life.
God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again." (John 3:16-17)
So, next time you want to know how huge God is and how much He loves us despite how small and insignificant we really are, look at yourself, your friends, your family..there is light in you. We're all made to love and receive love. It was part of God's plan in the beginning.
His plans are huge for everyone single person on this planet. It's up to you to believe it.
check this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1w8hKTJ2Co&feature=related
We've almost finished learning an itsty bitsy bit about God and His heart for everyone single person on this planet, and so we're going out to Perth City and Mexico City In January 2010 to proclaim just that- that God is big enough and good enough. Crazy? heck yeah! Most people probably think we're on crack, but that just pumps us up even more. We're just gonna love everyone silly.haha.
If God is for us, who can be againt us? Bring it.
