SPEAK OF HIS GREATNESS

Ps.145:6 – People will speak of the power of Your awesome acts,

And I will tell of Your greatness.

I have been reflected on Ps.145 all of this week an came across this quote from Matthew Henry. Needless to say, this is over the top.

“Of his greatness and his great works. We must declare, Great is the Lord, his presence infinite, his power irresistible, his brightness insupportable, his majesty awful, his dominion boundless, and his sovereignty incontestable; and therefore there is no dispute, but great is the Lord, and, if great, then greatly to be praised, with all that is within us, to the utmost of our power, and with all the circumstances of solemnity imaginable. His greatness indeed cannot be comprehended, for it is unsearchable; who can conceive or express how great God is? But then it is so much the more to be praised. When we cannot, by searching, find the bottom, we must sit down at the brink, and adore the depth, God is great, for, (1.) His majesty is glorious in the upper world, above the heavens, where he has set his glory; and when we are declaring his greatness we must not fail to speak of the glorious honor of his majesty, the splendor of the glory of his majesty.”

His presence is is infinite – how can one describe (or even begin to understand) His infinite presence. The only way one may have any inkling of this is to be swallowed up in His presence for themselves.

His power irresistible – once you come in contact with the power of His presence you are marked for life. Then and only then can you understand what life is all about.

His majesty awful – in Matthew Henry’s day awful would mean shocked and overwhelmed by His greatness, His greatness far surpasses all others.

His dominion is boundless – there is no end to His rule. His kingdom is over all other kingdoms and will be in place when all others have passed away into history.

His sovereignty incontestable – He causes all things, the evil and the good, to be orchestrated together to advance His kingdom. Jesus is ruling the universe by the word of His mouth.

David had tasted all of this and that is why he was worshipping. Turn your eyes upon Jesus, reflect on His greatness; in the light of who He really is you will be worshipping too.