Sunday, September 19, 2010

Too Much for God?

I know this may sound silly but I was so taken back of how big and powerful our God is. The realization of His power helped me in my prayer life and how I saw the problems that happen to assault us in our everyday life. It happened the other day as I was watching the Discovery Channel. The show was about the universe.

The narrator was explaining how the Universe was measured by light years. One light year is equal to 10 trillion kilometers. Proxima Centauri (the closest star other than our sun) is 4.22 light years away. The galactic center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, is about 26 kilolight-years away. The nearest large Galaxy cluster, Virgo Cluster, is about 59 megalight-years away. One Megalight year is approximately 999,315.54 light years.

God made it all, and Jesus sits in heavenly places. (Ephesians 1:20)

If you were to read in Revelations chapter 21, John describes the size of the city of the holy Jerusalem as 12,000 furlongs long, wide, and tall. Five furlongs are equal to kilometer. So the holy city is 2,400 Kilometers long, wide, and tall. To give you a reference, the cruising altitude of commercial airlines is 30,000 feet, that is only 9.144 Kilometers. Percentage wise, it is only .38% the height of the city. Look at it this way. If you were to compare the height of the holy city to a 6 foot tall man the cruising attitude of the plane would be just more than a 1/4 of an inch off the ground.

Doesn't that give more meaning to Romans 8:31 "..if God is for you who can be against you."? So when the devil comes and tries to convince you that your prayer request is too big, or too small, remember that anything we ask for is insignificant. There is no natural comparison. Physically and spatially (in the universe) we practically don't exist.

What makes a ton of difference is that we are His Kids! We are His Ambassadors. And if He gave us His Son how much MORE will He give us all things... Rom 8:32. So stick it to the devil and stop listening to his lies.

Come boldly to the throne of Grace and receive mercy! Come boldly to the throne and call on the one person who loves you more than you can fathom. It doesn't matter how small or how large and complex.
-G

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