Omnipotent God

 OMNIPOTENT GOD

I love this stain glass window that sits above the doorway of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Fredericksburg, Texas.  This vibrant glass portrait depicts our Lord as the Almighty King of kings – His rightful title.

We might say that Jesus’ first entry onto earth came “not with a bang, but a whimper.”  His second coming will be the polar opposite.
            The first time He came as a helpless baby, born in a dirty stable of humble parents.  The second time He will come as King of kings, Creator of the universe and ready to assume His throne.  This time He will arrive, not with the whimper of a newborn baby, but with the bang of the eternal Creator who has arrived to set His creation straight.

            We look at the world around us and wonder at the direction it’s headed.  Yet even when it looks like evil has won, believers need not fear.  It often appears to be darkest the hour before dawn.
            The world doesn’t realize it, but it’s marching to the beat of the Master Drummer.  God created time when He created our universe.  His timeline was set before the first tick of the clock at the beginning of it all.  Do we really think there hasn’t been a single minute when this awesome God wasn’t totally in control of His creation?

 Let’s look at some of God’s statements that give us a glimpse into Who He is:
       “’For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done,’ saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure,’” Isaiah 46:9-10.
       “Thus says the Lord: ‘Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool,’” Isaiah 66:1.
       “Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said: ‘Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?...who shut in the sea with doors?...Can you send out lightnings, that they may go and say to you, ‘Here we are!’?...Everything under heaven is Mine,’” Job 38, 41.

              

             The next time we become fearful and confused as we look at the chaos in the world around us, remember Who is in control.  The book of Proverbs reminds us, “The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord,…He turns it wherever He wishes,” 21:1.
            God is in control of presidents, countries, elections, etc., etc., etc.  There is no “random” and there are no accidents.  Every thread God pulls through the tapestry of this world’s timeline is specific to His plan.  God works with perfect precision.  Everything has a purpose.  We can rest in the assurance of that truth.

            The more we acknowledge the omnipotent grandeur of Holy God, the more we’ll know that He is the Power Who will bring all things to the final, perfected conclusion contained in His Master plan.  And even as we kneel before Him in utter amazement and worshipful humility, He reaches out and lifts us, His beloved children, into His loving arms and says to us, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you,” Jeremiah 31:3.
            Oh, the wonder of amazing grace, that the Almighty God of all time and space should reach down and tenderly love little ole you and me!
            “Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!” 1 John 3:1.

             We are blessed indeed!

  

---Note:  I’ve used a number of familiar clichés in this post - for the fun of it, and also because they actually fit.  Here are their origins:
    -“Not with a bang, but a whimper,” written by T.S. Eliot (1925) in his poem, The Hollow Man.
    -a quote about being darkest the hour before dawn, written by Thomas Fuller (1650) in his religious travelogue.
    -a quote about marching to the beat of his own drummer was written by Henry David Thoreau (1854) in his book, Walden.