Mighty God

February 13, 2013 by The Soaring Eagle 1 Comment

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

(Genesis 1:1)

Reflection:

Think about the scope of that statement. Don’t get caught up in the process. Look around you (throughout the day) and see the wonder that is a part of that truth. John emphasizes its meaning, when he writes – Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. (John 1:3) The Psalmist acknowledges – By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of His mouth. (Psalm 33:6) What a vision and understanding they had.

How great is the God who created, all this – from nothing. How beautiful the One who first imagined it –in all its vastness, variety and detail. There was a beginning. God decided there would be a beginning, and what it would be like. He decided what things would happen and how – and He controlled it. He is Majestic, Mighty, Magnificent. There is no one like Him. There is no one who can stand against Him He is, truly, and only, God. He is above and beyond His creation and yet, mysteriously, everywhere within it.

In the beginning God. It is all about God. At the beginning of Lent, we acknowledge God, as God. Lent is His story and His journey far more than it is ours. We go to join Him as He waits and welcomes us. Jesus holds out His hand to us and says, Come, follow Me, and I will make you.. (Matthew 4:19).

Response:

Journey through the day, aware of His presence.

Prayer:

Lord God, sometimes I feel like a goldfish, striving to see into the mists and shadows beyond my bowl, or trying to reduce You to the level of my understanding. Open my eyes that I might see, and fill me with wonder through Your creation. Amen.

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