“God Is! God Is!”
by Max Lucado
“If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there." Psalm 139:8 (NIV)
It is the normality not the uniqueness of God's miracles that causes them to be so staggering. Rather than shocking the globe with an occasional demonstration of deity, God has opted to display his power daily. Proverbially. Pounding waves. Prism-cast colors. Birth, death, life. We are surrounded by miracles. God is throwing testimonies at us like fireworks, each one exploding, "God is! God is!"
The psalmist marveled at such holy handiwork. "Where can I go from your Spirit?" he questioned with delight. "Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there" Psalms 139:7-8 (NIV).
We wonder, with so many miraculous testimonies around us, how we could escape God. But somehow we do. We live in an art gallery of divine creativity and yet are content to gaze only at the carpet.
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Max Lucado
From: God Came Near
Copyright (W Publishing Group, 2003)
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December 13th, 2009 at 7:46 am
You know when I am travling by what they call the Canada Line and I look out the window at all the Beauty there is and I kniw that God made it all I look at it with Wonder and Thankfulness. When you see a NewBorn Baby what a beautiful miracle. Wish more people would like at things around them instead of looking down at the ground oh what they are all missing.
December 13th, 2009 at 10:23 am
A very thought-provoking Devotional.
Thank you. Blessings.
December 13th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
We are human beings we are going to have sinful thoughs. The power of God will keep us from acting on the sin. My 24 hour book says to pray daily for Gods will in our lives. I sometimes think being a country person how during the winter the turtles and snakes and bears sleep all winter only through Gods power can this be done.