Resting in His Mighty Hands
Deuteronomy 3:24 says:
O Lord God, you have only begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as yours?
When you think about the power and might of God, what emotion does the elicit in you? Does it lead you to fear? Does it provoke a sense of awe and wonder? Are you numb to it because you've grown familiar with verses like Deuteronomy 3:24?
What about peace? Calm? If you're like me, there are other aspects of God's character much more likely to provoke those kinds of reactions from me. The fact that He's my Father. The love he showed in sending his Son to rescue me from my sins. I tend to separate out the various aspects of God's character and find encouragement from them separately in different seasons.
But God isn't a mash-up of a bunch of separate character traits. He is One. His might and his love are perfectly in unison and cooperation at all times. If He was more loving and less powerful at various points, our reliance on him would be a tenuous exercise. But because He is always and simultaneously loving and mighty, we can trust him in all circumstances.
The power and might of God should lead me to a deep sense of peace and calm, resting in the fact that NOTHING is outside his control, that NOTHING can separate me from his love, that NOTHING is a surprise or successful subversion of his plan.
It is well with my soul because God, in all his mingled love and might rescued me and holds me forever in his mighty hands.
We'll celebrate the Mighty God together this week...and we'll trust together that He will quiet us with his love while we do so.
Here are the songs and Scriptures that will make up this week's services:
Here's a Spotify Playlist of the songs so you can be familiar with them in advance of Sunday morning!