“Can you find out the
deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?”
(Job 11:7)
God is referred to as almighty over 300 times in the Old
Testament. While this should certainly
steer our hearts towards awe and reverence, we should also be reminded that He
who holds all divine power is Himself a loving Father. As I was reflecting on God’s divine
power, I was reminded of an exercise we
all had to do in theology class during ministerial training. We had to list all the things God almighty
cannot do (I came up with 4, but there were many more):
1. God
can’t lie or be unfaithful. This is a
contradiction of His character and heart.
2. God
can’t do the logically inconsistent (no rocks so big He can’t lift them or
create a shade of black that looks white.)
3. God
cannot be limited by our limitations—He has infinite possibilities of
creativity and the laws of the universe (which we only faintly understand) may
be more flexible than we realize.
4. God
cannot be unjust. His justice is a
reflection of His Holiness and thus to violate this would be to violate His
very self.
All these things are comforting mostly in the sense that
they make a single statement that God is not like we are. We do all these things with the greatest of
ease and we can be thankful that God would not do any of them. But there is a sense in which the
“almightiness” of God is of great comfort to us. This is found in Romans 8:28 where we read
“for those who love God, all things work together for good, for those who are
called according to His purpose.” We
know in our heart of hearts, no evil, no problem, no sin, no power is so great
that God is overcome and unable to bring His good plan for our lives to
fruition. Nothing shall keep us from the
love of God because He is almighty. Keep
that close to your heart today.
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