Words of Encouragement (4/9/2020)
let us remember to praise God for His infinite being.
As an infinite Being, God is without limitation. His infinite Being applied to time is His eternity: He is not bound by time or by sequence of time. His infinite Being applied to space is His omnipresence: He is not bound by space—“He is wholly everywhere, yet nowhere in space.” His infinite Being applied to ability is His omnipotence: He is able to do all that He wills to do without any hindrance or frustration. You get the idea.
These attributes are mind-boggling. The more we try to wrap our minds around them, the more frustrating we get—an inevitable result of finite minds trying to understand an infinite Being. There comes a time when we have to just prostrate ourselves before Him and say, “I give up. You are God and I worship you.” But what a blessing it is to have a God who is worthy of our awe and worship, to know that He cares for us in Jesus Christ.
Because God is eternal, we can come to Him at all times, in all seasons of our life—as a young child, as a teenager, as an adult, as someone who is in his/her “golden age”; in good times and bad times, etc. Because He is omnipotent, we can come to Him with all of our cares and concerns—even the ones that overwhelm us and paralyze us are nothing to Him. Because He is omnipresent, we can find Him wherever we find ourselves, even in the valley of the shadow of death.
But let us not forget: if this infinite God can be good to us, who are sinners, it is only because of Jesus Christ, who died and rose again to deliver us from sin. To that end, the eternal Son of God entered into time in which we experience the various seasons of life and He remained faithful to God through all the seasons of life that were appointed to Him. The omnipresent Son of God entered into space, in which we live, and achieved God’s righteousness in all areas of life. And the almighty Son of God took upon Himself our weakness in order that He might suffer and die in our place. In the fullness of time, Jesus was lifted up on the cross and died there in that most God-forsaken spot in the whole universe so that, wherever we are, whatever we may be going through, we can come to Him at any time and know that we need not fear. For He is with us, not just when we walk through the valley of the shadow of death but also when we go through the valley of death itself!
May you experience His presence with you, wherever you are, whatever you are going through. Have a blessed day!