God’s Version of Bigger and Better

“Call to me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things which you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3

God’s Version of Bigger and Better

Great – What are the great things in your life?  What things are most significant?  What things are most important?

God has something to say about great, significant and important.  If we really want to have Him answer us, then we need to know His views on these things.  They are all captured in the word gadowl.  Consider what God thinks about “great”:

Deuteronomy 10:21 – God’s redemptive acts are great.

Job 5:9 – God’s acts in nature are great.

Exodus 15:16 – God’s hand stretched out against His enemies is great.

Psalm 145:8 – God’s compassion and mercy are great.

Psalm 21: 5 – God’s glory is great.

Rescue and redemption.  Sovereignty.  Justice.  Compassion.  Glory.  Are you aligned with God’s view of great?  Does your view of great, important and significant reflect the kind of things that matter to the Author of Greatness?

When God answers your call, He is going to reveal things to you that exhibit His idea of great.  These things you cannot know on your own because they are reflections of His character and will.  When you pray and call on God, He will tell you great things.  But you will not hear Him at all if you are looking for a different kind of greatness.  You think that God didn’t answer you because you did not see the splendor hidden in redeeming another, in compassion for the undeserving, in justice for the downtrodden, in mercy for the humble, in glorifying who He is.  God’s scale of greatness has almost nothing to do with our views on the subject.  But that’s exactly what we should expect, isn’t it?  If God is going to turn the world upside down, He isn’t going to do it our way.

The paradigm shift that God requires when we decide (at last) to serve Him will make our notions of great, important and significant look impoverished, pointless and selfish.  How you define “great” says a lot about what you really value.  And a lot more about who you really serve.