PRAISING GOD (PART 1)

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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

“Ah, Sovereign Lord, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for You.”

Jeremiah 32:17

This ends today’s reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

Today starts a nine part series of devotions centered on reasons we should praise God, praises drawn from a prayer lifted up to the Lord by Jeremiah after he had given his deed of purchase for the field in his hometown of Anathoth to his good friend and personal secretary, Baruch.

In Part 1, we see God’s prophet focusing on the very essence of God, the essence that has brought all things into being, the essence that gives us reason for faith and hope in life.

Look again at his words here:

“Ah, Sovereign Lord, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for You.” Jeremiah 32:17

What is Jeremiah praising God for here?

Two things primarily.

First, he is praising God’s creation power.

“Ah, Sovereign Lord, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm.”

No one else harnesses such might. No one.

There is only one Creator and Maker of the heavens and the earth and all things within them and that is the Sovereign Lord, the Lord God Almighty. By His great power and outstretched arm, He brought all things to be. Because of Him, all things have life.

Jeremiah had life in order to speak the words of praise he did.

I have life to share his words and this devotion today.

You have life in order to read Jeremiah’s words and mine.

We have life because the Sovereign Lord gave it to us and continues to give it to us. And because God so loved the world, He gave His one and only Son, Jesus, as a living sacrifice to pay the price of sin for all people. Thus, whosoever believes and trust in Jesus will not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16).

Our Creator God, through a power only He has, made the way for us to live for and with Him, now and forever.

If that doesn’t bring you to a place of praise unto Him, I don’t know what will.

But wait, there’s even more to praise here.

For look at the second reason Jeremiah is praising God in today’s scripture:

“Nothing is too hard for You.”

Think about it. A Sovereign Lord who had the power to create everything surely has enough within Him to do anything to include deal with the matters of life we find ourselves in.

If we are sick or injured, He has the power to heal and restore us. Nothing is too hard for Him.

If we are feeling broken and unloved, despaired or depressed, stressed or worried about life circumstances we may find ourselves in, He has the power to break through the hurt and anguish and anxiety, bringing us comfort and peace and love. Nothing is too hard for Him.

If we are caught up in the storms of life, He has the power to calm those storms and give us direction, showing us the way through to safety. Nothing is too hard for Him.

If we are feeling impoverished and struggling financially to make ends meet, if we are homeless or facing homelessness, if the way forward seems impossible, know and trust that He has the power to provide what you need in accordance with His will for your life and meet your needs in the process. Nothing is too hard for Him.

Friends, this is just Part 1 and we have eight more devotions ahead where we explore new reasons to praise God. But before we get to tomorrow, let’s just take time today to admire and adore Him for the power He has within Him, a power that is unmatched and unrivaled, a power that gives us the assurance that nothing is too hard for Him.

He is a Sovereign Lord who takes the impossible and makes it possible. He is a Sovereign Lord who takes the improbable and makes it probable.

He is the God we praise.

Amen.

In Christ,

Mark
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