Today’s Scripture: Psalms 135-139

Yours, O Lord is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. – 1 Chronicles 29:11

Some years ago I was speaking to a group of university students in Tucson, Arizona. A young man near the front asked if I believed God created the world. When I told him I did, he replied, “Well, if God created this world you and I live in today with all of its pain and sorrow and violence and hatred and misery of every kind, then God must be the Devil.”

To understand what God is like, we must turn to the Bible, God’s revelation of Himself. Today’s passage has a great deal to tell us about God. First, God is omniscient. He knows everything about everything. But notice that this great truth is expressed in a very personal way. David said, “O Lord, you have searched me and you know me” (Psalm 139:1). For the person who loves and trusts God, theology is more than high-sounding phrases.

Second, He’s omnipresent. He is exempt from the limitations of space. This attribute of God guarantees His nearness to each of us. It means we can have communion with Him anywhere, anytime. The psalmist said, “Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?…If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast” (Psalm 139:7-10).

Interwoven into the doctrines of omniscience and omnipresence is the doctrine of omnipotence, the idea that God has perfect and absolute power. Today, think about what God is like, and revel in the fact that He’s your Father.

Prayer

Lord, there is nothing too hard for You. Amen.

To Ponder

God knows everything about you, He is always with you, and He has all the power you will ever need.

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