THE LARGENESS OF GOD
PSALM 131, 127, 121
I lift up my eyes to the mountains.
Of course God is larger than the mountains. And Jesus once said that with faith we can even move mountains. But a mountain can be a good physical reminder how small we are. We can look up to the mountains and immediately we are put in our place; or we feel sheltered, protected.
Unfortunately I do not live in a place where a mountain is in sight. Every direction I look I see man-made structures and my only physical reminder of the Maker of heaven and earth are the trees in my area. And so I need the reminders that these psalms give: our God is large and we are puny.
The Psalmist reminds me that I can run to God and just trust in his love. I don’t even understand what is going on; I cannot even pray intelligently. It is enough though that he understands. I can be calm and quiet in his strong arms.
The Psalmist reminds me that the things that are most important to me—family, heritage, future—I can entrust them to God. In fact, I need to! He blesses me and I invest myself in what he has given me but ultimately I leave them in his hands. He is much larger than I am. I can only do so much; he will do much more and so I need to pray daily and trust that he will bless and prosper my work.
The Psalmist reminds me that my help comes from the Maker of heaven and earth. Where I can, I pray and seek his help, his strength, his protection, his grace and mercy. However, I cannot keep watch over everything. I cannot control everything. I cannot anticipate everything. It is impossible. But my God does. He watches over me. He sees everything. Nothing escapes him. Not the past, not the future, and not the present. I am safe.
My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.