Friday 4 May 2012

Friday Reading: Psalm 147:5-11

Key Verse: Psalm 147:5
5  Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

Devotion:
One of the things we are reminded of (or should be reminded of) every day is that God is all powerful and all knowing; He is Omnipotent and Omniscient. Not only does He know about all the hairs (or lack of hairs) on our heads but He knows exactly how many stars there are and how far we can see and reach into the skies at night. But even though He knows what is in the distant galaxies that we see as faint stars, He also knows what is in your heart and mine; and what is more is that He cares about what is there!

As we start to look forward to all that will be happening in the Olympic Games we can imagine the pomp and ceremony as well as all the praise that will be showered on the fastest and strongest. And yet, even though these people are the most remarkable people we have on this earth, God still cares for ‘little old me’! Isn’t that fact just so wonderfully awesome! That God cares for the unknown, the unseen, the unborn and the forgotten. God cares for all because He loves us all. So whilst the world will look to lift up and praise the few, we can be safe in the knowledge that God knows and cares for the rest of us!

But then we also know that God delights in those that seek after Him, His strength and His mercy. Without Him we are just like everyone else on this planet; a human being waiting for an end, waiting for the final curtain and hoping that somewhere along the line we may even make it into the list of those that have lead. But what hope do they face after their race is run? What hope do they have after they have completed their course? If they have finished first or even last, their race is still finished.

We can delight in our Lord and in what He has prepared for us because we know that He has reserved a place for us in eternity with Him. When our race on earth is done, we only just begin our eternity with Him. Whether our race on earth is won or lost, we know that we will share glory with Him. No matter how fast or how far we have managed to run on earth, eternity will be so much longer!

Points to Ponder:
Do you try to keep up?

Are you making sure you are running with Christ?