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Monday... We can try! Yes, we can try!

 

Psalm 145:3 (NLT), "Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness."

Monday... We can try! Yes, we can try!

We can on a Monday morning try to measure His greatness. Yes , we can try.


But Psalm 145:3 (NLT) says "Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness." We can try but we can't do it. We really can't.

The Amplified Bible says, "Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised, and His greatness is [so vast and profound as to be ] unsearchable."

David starts this Psalm in verse 1 (MSG) saying, "I lift you high in praise, my God, O my King." Yes He is God and He is a King and David who wrote this Psalm was also a King but not a King like God. 3b says, "There are no boundaries to his greatness." There are no boundaries.

Verse 3 in the NLT says, "Great is the Lord!" And that description means we are to serve Him, we are to surrender to Him and that is so important for us to understand . He doesn't serve us, we serve Him.

Now verse 8 does say, "The Lord is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. The Lord is good to everyone. He showers compassion on all creation." But some might say but He isn;'t good to me and I would say that we are to serve Him not Him serving us and God knows what He is doing and just the opportunity to live is such a good thing.

Verse 13 (AMP) says, "Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and Your dominion endures throughout all generations." This life is not the end. His is an everlasting kingdom.

Three times in the garden Jesus prayed for God to change his mind. The part of Jesus which was human didn't want to die on a cross. That wasn't a good thing to the human Jesus but He was obedient to His Lord and God's goodness to all came through.

Yes we must surrender to the Lord. And yes, verses 13b-14 (CEV) does say, "Our Lord, you keep your word and do everything you say. When someone stumbles or falls, you give a helping hand." No, He does not serve me, I serve Him but He is involved in my life. And my obedience definitely has it's reward.

Verse 3 (CEV) says, "You are wonderful, Lord, and you deserve all praise, because you are much greater than anyone can understand." And that is so true. And yes, He is our Lord if we have surrendered our life to Him! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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