It Is Incredible

 

I often find myself "lost in wonder, love, and praise" as says the line in the spiritual song "Love Divine." It also sings of "love excelling." It blows my mind to think that God loves me, thinks upon me, and has made me his child, and that he dwells in my heart. It is hard to wrap one's mind around such profound truth, just as it is almost inconceivable to have eternal life and immortality. It is all quite fascinating. David also felt this same way. He wrote:

"1 O Lord, You have searched me and known me. 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. 4 F or there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. 5 You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it." (Psalm 139: 1-6 nkjv)

The things I mentioned in the opening paragraph, and the things the Psalmist mentions, represent such blessings that are simply "too wonderful for me," such revelations being so high and lofty that we confess - "I cannot attain to it." They are simply beyond our comprehension, unable to fathom such knowledge. When the apostle Paul was called up into the third heaven, he heard things so wonderful and so stupendous that he could not put into words what he saw and experienced, saying they were "inexpressible." (II Cor. 12: 4) He also spoke of "the peace of God which surpasses all understanding" (Phil. 4: 7 nkjv).

The fact that God makes his sons and daughters out of sinful condemned rebels is amazing, amazing grace and love. The fact that God dwells in penitent believers is amazing and wonderful. The fact that we can call God our Father, our Friend, and our Helper is incredible. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, and I cannot attain it. Such thoughts make me rejoice with "joy unspeakable or inexpressible and full of glory" (I Peter 1: 8). To have God walking with you through life is also incredible. This is one of the reasons why we see the word "Selah" often in the Psalms. This wonderful knowledge about which I have been writing makes me pause and stand in awe. The Psalmist spoke of standing in "awe" of God. (Psa. 4: 4; 33: 8) He also spoke of being in "awe" of God's word. (Psa. 119: 161) Sometimes we can't even express in words our thanks to God for such blessings, but simply say - "Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!" (II Cor. 9: 15 nkjv)

When I think of my inheritance as a begotten child of God, I am also in awe. We know that the natural man, the man without divine revelation or without the Spirit of God, cannot understand "the things that God has prepared for those who love him." (I Cor. 2: 9) But, even with the bible and Spirit of God, we must say, as did the prophet Job, "Lo, these are parts of his ways: But how little a portion is heard of him? But the thunder of his power who can understand?" (Job 26: 14 kjv) So another Christian hymn says "the half has not been told."