HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD!

Because I don't know much about science or astronomy, the things that Louie Giglio shared about the "known universe" just stunned me...sometimes it's really good to pause and think about the vastness and awesomeness of creation because it really puts into perspective just how much greater God is than anything we could ever know!

To think that the same God who made billions of galaxies with billions of stars in each of them and that "He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls them each by name" (Isaiah 40:26) is intimately acquainted with me -- Psalm 139 says that He "is familiar with all my ways" -- is astounding!!

In light of this, when God calls us or asks us to do something, we should be able to respond in obedience and complete trust, because He is the God who spoke everything into being and sustains it by His Word, who also came to earth as a tiny human baby to live among us and make it possible - through His death and resurrection - for us to one day live in perfect harmony with Him.

To us, who see only "dimly, as in a mirror," (2 Corinthians 13) the challenges we face daily are sometimes huge and insurmountable. But we "live by faith, not by sight" (2 Corinthians 5:7) and so in those times we need to remind ourselves of just how great a God we serve!

This is a timely reminder for all of us, and it is profound to me at this time, as I am feeling awed by how quickly God has brought everything together for me to go to Ukraine and yet I am acutely aware of how daunting some of the tasks ahead of me are (learning Russian, especially). I NEED to remember that the God who made not only the universe but every little thing about me, the same God who raised Jesus Christ from the dead and won the victory over sin and death, is the same God who called me to this ministry and HE will equip me for every task!

"How great is our God, sing with me, how great is our God;

and all will see how great, how great is our God!"