BIG God

"Accept He is BIG and we are small."

PEOPLE DON’T see the size of God, how truly “full” fullness of knowledge is. He has all wisdom. He is the Source of it. He is the Source of power and lacks neither understanding, nor depth, nor any minute information. He knows all men, even their thoughts and intents (Hebrews 13:5). His plan to rescue the world is not out of His hand and has never been out of His hand. The Father spoke to me months ago, I forget how many, and said He had a beautiful plan for even the end of hell. I can’t fathom it, but His comfort is with me still. He is so GREAT, so BEAUTIFUL. We must get our eyes off of the problem and keep them on Him. He has it all in His grasp, and all of mankind in His palm. What looks impossible to us has always been in His care.

Our image of Him as uncaring, as unable, is so very wrong. He is peace, and He is bringing peace because that is who He is. He has chosen to work slowly, with longsuffering and patience. He’s chosen to be subtle, to be gentle and self-controlled. He could have sent 12 legions of angels to save Jesus from the cross (John 18:11). Jesus could have ridden in as a conqueror. That simply isn’t how God is. We’re an axe and a hammer. He’s a breeze. A sheepfold. We want another Red Sea experience. He’s the turning of the tide from the rainfall. We talk numbers, how many have “gotten saved” in this revival or through that speaker’s efforts, and can’t see the whole, complete expanse of it.

While we’re splitting us up between Gentiles and Jews, many condemning the Jews. Between Protestant and Catholic. Between denominations. Cultures. Genders. He’s peace-ing us all back together, all those tiny infinitesimal things we can’t see, we can’t control, already known by Him and well in His care. I said this once: “He made us. We didn’t make Him.” It would pay us to keep this in front of us and, put plainly, to shut up. Accept He is BIG and we are small. The rescue of the earth from violence, chamas, in Noah’s day sets an example (Genesis 6:11). He waited until none could be saved but eight souls, unwilling to destroy any sign of righteousness. That was His mercy, not His judgment. It was peace in the midst of violence. Sin brought violence. Holiness brought cleansing.

This is still His heart, and just as then, today, war won’t win. War between heaven and earth won’t happen, for that matter. Lean into Him and worship, rather than wonder. Soak Him in. Bury your opinions, your constant view of yourself, and become surrendered. Let Him be God.

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Suzanne D. Williams, Author
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