“Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
Almighty, victorious – Thy great name we praise.”
– Smith
How do we define great? :100: Great is beyond ordinary, the best. That’s how I define it. :121: By the definition that I used we can simply say that there a lot of people whomw e can call great. :71: Great at dancing, painting, writing ans so on. :93: But bear in mind, “Only God is great.” :99: We recognize and admire some of our fellow mortals who are considered to be great thinkers, great scientists, great inventors, great achievers in every field of endeavor. In many ways they tower above all of us ordinary people, but they still have the same needs we do. They experience aches and pains. They have troubled minds and hungry hearts, They cannot stave off death nor guarantee life beyond grave. :oh: (Our Daily Bread 2012) If they are so great, why did they die? Why do they feel pain? Why do they feel alone or lonely sometimes? Why do they sin? And most of all, why do they feel it’s hard to forgive other people? :argh: In short, they are just like us, only that they excel at something. They just did better at something compared to us. At some point, they are number one but they are not great like God. :82: “Only God is great.” :69: He is great enough to meet all our needs, great enough to forgive all our sins, and great enough to carry us through the dark valley of death into eternity, to be with Him forever. So we declare with the psalmist, “You are great.. You alone are God.” (Psalm 86:10) – Vernon Grounds (Our Daily Bread 2012) :yipee:
“In the world of empty superlatives, God is the greatest.” (Our Daily Bread 2012)
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