The Greatness of God

Scripture Reading: Psalm 111:1-10

The greatness of God, He is to be praised above all and with our whole hearts. I have to be very careful not to lose sight of this by the cares of this world. If I am not extremely careful and do not stay focused on spiritual things, then sometimes before I realize it, I can let spiritual things slip and the cares of life take over. The sure guard against this is to stay focused on God by prayer and study everyday, meditation upon God’s Word and keeping my heart set on things above and not on things of the earth (Col. 3:1). PRIORITIES! I have to have and keep my priorities right. I have to let go of this world, truly realizing that all of this is temporal and it will decay one day. This Psalm is beautiful because it reminds me of how great God is. His works are honourable and great. He is righteous, gracious and full of compassion. Verse 7 says that all His commandments are sure. I love that! Security is what we all want. Being stedfast in Christ is the only place to have that security (I Cor. 15:58). ”For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God” (Col. 3:3). Holy and Reverend is His name. God’s name is the greatest and must always be used with great reverence. It is very wise to fear the Lord and keep His commandments and to have a proper respect for Him and His Word. What meaning is there to this life without God and the great promises He has made to them that are His. We just live and die for no purpose but the here and now? But we can be thankful that that is not all there is. We have a home prepared, an house not made with hands eternal in the heavens (II Cor. 5:1) to look forward to. We as Christians must examine our hearts and make sure that we are not taking our Christian life to lightly. We must be diligent about our service to God. There is no room for laziness (slothfulness), but we must be found working and living our lives in a godly fashion when our Lord returns (Mt. 25:26; I Tim. 4:8).