How Great

How great is our God?

That He knows our every need, whether we are able to verbalize it or not.

That He knows our hearts, because He designed them to be this way.

"My heart is broken," I tell Him.

"Come close, I can fix that. Remember? I made it."

He orchestrates and designs.

Finding pleasure in our delight and humor in the small things.


How great is our God?

That He created each one of us.

Each one of us who love Him differently.

Who worship Him differently.

Who talk to Him differently.

Who carry Him differently.

So that when we come together, in what we've come to call fellowship, He is manifested in our differences.

Glorified in the many facets of our faces.


How great is our God?

That He wants to be with us even more than we could imagine wanting to be with Him.

That even though we fail Him, He does not falter.

That He loves us enough to let us argue with Him.

And even more so, He loves us enough not to let us stay the way we are.

That when He breaks us, He does not leave us broken.


How great is our God?

That He gave us a choice.

That He doesn't force obedience on us.

Instead, He romances us.

Lavishing us with love and beauty.

Laughing at us sometimes when we think His simplest creations and miracles are His greatest.


How great is our God?

That although we were created just and only to glorify Him,

to praise Him, to worship Him, to serve Him,

He thinks we are incredible.

And He sits on the edge of His seat, waiting for us to do the next incredible thing.

He sits, waiting, for us to call His name.

Because our God is so great, but He would never force His affections on us.


How great is our God?

That even when we plug our ears, turn our faces, sing silly songs to drown out His voice, and run as far as can in the opposite direction ...

He is everywhere.

Subtle.

Blatant.

Exposed.

Hidden.

Intricate.

Simple.

Bold.

Subdued.

Vibrant.

Muted.

He is.

And there is no escaping Him.


How great is our God?

That His heart was filled with joy by His children's jumbled voices.

That when we reach up to Him, His spirit takes hold of ours.

That He did not leave us alone.

That His heart is embodied by a people who call themselves small versions of Him.

So that we can be cradled.

And cared for.

So our scrapes can be kissed and the hair brushed from our eyes.


How great is our God?

That we are the only ones who dare to deny His might.

We are the only ones who dare to suggest He doesn't exist.


Our God is so great,

That He does not need us.

And yet He loves us anyway.