For Thou art great, and doest wondrous things: Thou art God alone.
—Psalm 86:10
When anyone begins an important work, he takes time and gives his attention to consider the greatness of his undertaking. Scientists, in studying nature, require years of labor to grasp the magnitude of, for instance, the sun, the stars, and the planets. Is not our glorious God worthy that we should take time to know and adore His greatness?
Yet how superficial our knowledge of God’s greatness is! We do not allow ourselves time to bow before Him and to come under the deep impression of His incomprehensible majesty and glory.
Meditate on the following Scriptures until you are filled with some sense of what a glorious being God is: “Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable” (Psalm 145:3); “I will declare Thy greatness. They shall abundantly utter the memory of Thy great goodness” (verses 6–7).
Do not imagine that it is easy to grasp the meaning of these words. Take time for them to master your heart, until you bow in what may be speechless adoration before God.
“Ah Lord God!…There is nothing too hard for Thee…the Great, the Mighty God…Great in counsel, and mighty in work” (Jeremiah 32:17–19). To this God answers, “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for Me?” (verse 27).
The right understanding of God’s greatness will take time. But if we give God the honor that is His due, and if our faith grows strong in the knowledge of what a great and powerful God we have, we will be led to wait in the inner chamber, to bow in humble worship before this great and mighty God. In His abundant mercy, He will teach us through the Holy Spirit to say, “For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods…O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker” (Psalm 95:3, 6).