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- Read Romans 11:33-36
- Our relationship with God through Jesus Christ enriches our lives
in every circumstance.
- I was filled with awe as I watched some of the Royal Institution
lectures about astrophysics on television recently. We were presented
with the wonders of our expanding and ever changing universe. We heard
of stars dying, and being reborn, with great power and light. I was
reminded of the great power and knowledge that God has.
- Today's reading also reminds us of the wisdom and the ways of
God. The wisdom of God in sending Jesus Christ in the confines of a
human body seems an absolutely crazy idea from a purely human point of
view.
- In today's reading, Paul is overwhelmed by the enormity of
God's characteristics. He expresses his praise of God, in view of
the glorious gospel he has found in Jesus Christ, and the privilege and
responsibility of sharing it with so many others.
- Paul realised that God in his inscrutable wisdom has given the
gospel to the whole world (Genesis 12:3). God's boundless love and
grace is being poured out on every person who repents of their sin and
invites Jesus into their lives.
- To think about
- 1. What inspires praise in us?
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- The greatness of God as you read his word;
- the boundless love of God for the most undervalued people in the
world;
- the promise that he can do more than we ever ask or imagine;
- the realisation of just how much he loves you;
- the awesome wonder that the Almighty God longs to be in touch with
you day by day;
- God's unfailing love, availability and understanding.
- 2. How do you express praise? With joy in song, prayer, and dance,
and at other times in silence and tears in humility at God's
holiness, perfection and light.
- 3. What effect does praise have on us? It fills us with joy, wonder
and delight and a deep sense of God's presence. It enhances our
mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing.
- Prayer
- Fill now my life, O Lord my God, in every part with praise; that my
whole being may proclaim your being and your ways.
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