January 30, 2018 - - Psalm 145:3, 10 - 11 Do You Think You Know God?

Great is the LORD,

and greatly to be praised;

And His greatness is unsearchable.

All Your works shall praise You, O LORD,

And Your saints shall bless You.

They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom,

And talk of Your power.

Psalm 145:3,10-11 NKJV

The attributes of God are the excellencies of God, the very characteristics that are revealed in the Bible showing God to be True God. Here are some examples of the "attributes of God": He is self-existent: always existed, always will exist and in Him is life and all other things and all other life are utterly dependent on Him. He is Love. He is Just. He is Holy. He is all-knowing, He can never gain more knowledge, from eternity to eternity He always is the source of all knowledge and infinitely more knowledge is His.

Since God is so great, He must communicate with us, His creatures, in the simplest language so that we will gain some comprehension of Who He Is, His Grandeur, Greatness and Power. In a sense, the Bible is baby-talk so that we will have the beginnings of language and He gives us the simplest tools in order to aid comprehension. God stoops to our weakness.

While listening to an interesting lecture series given by Steven Lawson, on the attributes of God, he noted several things.

Any encounter with the true God will utterly change us. Pastor Steven told the story of a man who said he had "encountered God while brushing his teeth." Steve's deadpan response was: "Did you continue brushing your teeth?" The point being, if he did keep on brushing his teeth, he did not encounter the God of Scripture!

God is all-powerful. His greatness is unsearchable--throughout eternity believers will continually learn new things about the GREATNESS of our God. One cannot have encountered the Majesty of God and be unimpressed or unmoved.

How you think about God will show in your every action, word, thought and hope for the future. The writer of this psalm understood this. Saints are those who have encountered something of the superb, resplendent, spectacular kingdom of God, which is but a small revelation of His even greater power and glory.

Language nearly breaks down in an effort to praise You, King of kings and LORD of Lords. Blessed and glorious is Your Kingdom revealed to us in Jesus Christ. Greater still will be the knowledge of Who You Are when sin no longer clouds our view. Spirit of the Living God increase our hunger to know more of God. Spirit of all Wisdom, lead us to Jesus Christ--The Radiance of the Father's glory--so that our hearts and hopes, our minds and the mundanities of this life are swallowed up in a greater awareness of Your brilliant Presence, O LORD our God! Hallelujah. Glory! Amen.