"Infinite Greatness" April 3 Readings: Psalm 131, 138-139, 143-145

Today's Reading - Psalm 131, 138-139, 143-145

Background

Today's reading is varied uplifting Psalms, but Psalm 145 is among the high points in the Psalter, praising God's "unsearchable greatness."

Devotional - Infinite Greatness

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop?

Remember that old commercial from long ago? A kid would start licking and counting but after a while, he'd bite the lollipop and so he'd never know. That was the catch. No one knew because you'd lose patience and finally take a bite. But the fact is, you could find out if you had the patience. There was a finite number of licks that would take all the candy off the Tootsie Roll at the center. Pretty everything in our world is finite.

How many hairs are on your head? It's a huge number, but it's finite.
How many drops of water in the ocean? I can't count them, but it's finite.
How many stars in the sky?  Beyond my ability to number, but there is a number.

But the greatness of God? That is truly infinite. Look at Psalm 145:3.

His greatness is unsearchable. 

It is too great to be measured by any calculation. If you spent the rest of your life considering the greatness of God, exploring the Scriptures and meditating on every aspect of God's goodness, when you reached the end of days you would not have exhausted the storehouse of his greatness. Someone else could download your knowledge, start there and spend another lifetime plumbing the depths of God's character and greatness and still not understand it all.

Psalm 145 catalogs many of the great acts of God and his works on our behalf, but there is one item that strikes this sinner as the greatest of the greats. Verses 8-9 says,

The Lord is gracious and compassionate,

slow to anger and great in faithful love.

The Lord is good to everyone;

his compassion rests on all he has made.

We must never presume on God's grace or treat his forgiveness as if it is nothing. But the fact is that God is merciful to sinners. I would be doomed forever if it were not for that. He is slow to anger and his love overflows like a tsunami, and that is my only hope now and in all eternity. Of all the great qualities God has, that is the greatest>

For all your greatness, Lord, I thank you. But for your redeeming love and forgiveness, I praise you now and forevermore.

Think and Pray

Read carefully through Psalm 145, and the other Psalms, and take time to write down the characteristics of God and his greatness.
Meditate on this and give God praise.