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His Majesty and Greatness, February 2
Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and
the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the
earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted
as head above all.
1 Chronicles 29:11
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God is our Father, who loves and cares for us as His children; He is
also the great King of the universe.
God cannot be compared with the things His hands have made.
These are mere earthly things, suffering under the curse of God because
of the sins of man. The Father cannot be described by the things of earth.
The Father is all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and is invisible to
mortal sight.
We must not attempt to lift with presumptuous hand the curtain be-
hind which He veils His majesty. The apostle exclaims: “How unsearch-
able are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!”
Romans 11:33
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It is a proof of His mercy that there is the hiding of His power, that
He is enshrouded in the awful clouds of mystery and obscurity; for to
lift the curtain that conceals the divine presence is death. No mortal
mind can penetrate the secrecy in which the Mighty One dwells and
works. We can comprehend no more of His dealings with us and the
motives that actuate Him than He sees fit to reveal. He orders everything
in righteousness, and we are not to be dissatisfied and distrustful, but
to bow in reverent submission. He will reveal to us as much of His
purposes as it is for our good to know; and beyond that we must trust
the hand that is omnipotent, the heart that is full of love.
Jehovah is the fountain of all wisdom, of all truth, of all knowledge
.... Man can now only linger upon the borders of that vast expanse, and
let imagination take its flight. Finite man cannot fathom the deep things
of God.
True reverence for God is inspired by a sense of His infinite greatness
and a realization of His presence. With this sense of the Unseen, every
heart should be deeply impressed.
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