"Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable." (Psalms 145:3)

The thought of God is undoubtedly the greatest thought that can occupy the human mind. Great thoughts of God ennoble all of life. Small thoughts of God destroy those who hold them.

God is very great. After a magnificent description of the power and majesty of God, Job said, "Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: and how small a whisper do we hear of him! but the thunder of his power who can understand?" (Job 26:14 RV). We see only the fringes, and hear only a whisper!

The Psalmist reminds us that the glance of God produces an earthquake and His touch precipitates volcanic eruptions (Psalms 104:32).

The Lord has to humble Himself to behold things in heaven (Psalms 113:6). He is so great that He calls the stars by name (Psalms 147:4).

When Isaiah tells us that the train of God's glory fills the Temple (Isaiah 6:1), he leaves us to imagine how great the full display of His glory must be. Later he pictures God as measuring the oceans in the hollow of His hand and measuring the skies by the width of His spread hand (Isaiah 40:12). To Him the nations are a drop in a bucket or the dust on the scales (40:15). All the forests of Lebanon and all its animals would not be sufficient to make a suitable burnt offering to Him (40:16).

The prophet Nahum says, "The Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet" (Nahum 1:3).

In the midst of another breathtaking description of the glory of God, Habakkuk says, "and there was the hiding of his power" (Habakkuk 3:4). All of which says that human language breaks down in any attempt to picture the greatness of God.

As we contemplate some of the attributes of God in the next few days, they should lead us to:

· Wonder - because He is wonderful.

· Worship - because of Who He is and all He has done for us.

· Trust - because He is worthy of our full, undivided confidence.

· Serve - because it is one of life's greatest privileges to serve such a Master.

· Imitate - because His will is that we should be more and more like Him.

(However, there are some attributes of God, such as His wrath, that we should not imitate, and others, such as His infinity, that we cannot imitate.)