The Magnitude of the Attributes of God

UV 4151/10000 Magnitude of The Attributes of God Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, Your judgements are like the great deep. O Lord you preserve man and beast. Psalm 36 v 6 The righteousness of God is compared by the Psalmist to the great mountains. His wisdom is deeper than the Marina Trench, the deepest point in the oceans of the Earth. He is powerful beyond understanding, wise beyond our capacity to appreciate. Yet, it is not in these attributes that humans should take pride but in His great love. For In His love He preserves all life forms, both human and animal. Not a blade of grass grows on the other planets in the solar system but on this Earth, He lavished His love in nature and revealed His love for us through sending His Son on one mission to the Beautiful Vineyard planted by Him- the salvation of you and me. Yet men choose to live like beasts, not acknowledging their Creator, not living lives pleasing to the Redeemer who has given us all things, all blessings in heaven and on earth. When we perceive His holiness, His righteousness, His great power, His sovereign might, we should regard it with awe and reverence. When we learn of His judgements in His word, we should seek His wisdom. When we experience His love in Christ, we should share His love with man and beast. The love of Christ is transformational. We become redeemed or new creatures as we receive it, experience it. As St Paul wrote, “Oh to understand the magnitude, the length, the breadth, the depth, the height of His love..” The love of God is greater in its dimensions than anything He has created in the wide universe. It takes a whole lifetime to get even a glimpse of it. We need the help of the Holy Spirit to even begin to grasp or get an inkling of His great love. If many men and women and children of God have perished in this pandemic, it is not for want of love of God for He preserves both man and beast but as they have fulfilled their purpose on earth and have been called to their heavenly home, to dwell in the very bosom of God, sit on His lap and enjoy the fellowship of Jesus, His Son.