God is Almighty

 

This is an age-long question and in the quest to know or have an answer to this question, rational beings have made several efforts to know God. Such efforts have led men to different deities depending on their locations and circumstances. ‘Rational beings’ in the sense that those who want to put emotions aside and reason on the existence of God.

 

There is an the old story told of a child whose father told him that God created all things including human beings but the child retorted by asking the father: “who created God?”. This being inexplicable for the natural man, the father dodged the question. And because the natural man cannot provide an answer, many have become fools! The Psalmist said “The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good” Ps 14:1; 53:1.

 

In their further search for God, men resorted into making idols – “Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth them” – Ps 115:4-8. Hence, the Psalmist concluded: “For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens” Ps 96:5.

 

From time immemorial, the heart of man is always seeking to know God, his creator and in this search, he looks around him and sees a mighty rock, a mighty river with torrential moments, a mighty and ageless tree, a big snake or terrifying animals etc., then he feels “this should be god worthy of respect and worship”. But alas! Man is wrong! At other times, he makes images that look like him – “They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them” – Ps 115:8.

 

What an absurdity! What a depravity! What a degradation! Or what else shall we call it when man resorts to seek his creator in the created and deity in weak and beggary elements? – Gal 4:9 “But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?”.

 

The days of Jeremiah the prophet witnessed the depravity and foolishness of men in their search for God. “For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the works of the hands of the workman with the axe” – Jer 10:3. To deify the workman’s art “They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. They are upright as palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go.” Jer 10:4&5.

 

It is very sad that men can descend so low that they make a graven image which profits them nothing, forming them into gods or molten images. Man became debased, shameless, and ridiculous in making delectable things that are the work of workmen produced by the smith with tongs and hammers as their God. Their carpenters stretched out his rule and line and made a figure of a man according to the beauty of a man that it may remain in his house – what a god! He hewed down cedars, oaks and cypress among the trees of the forest. Cut part of it to make fire and the rest his god – Isa 44. Did this form man or man formed this? If this is formed by man, it can therefore not be god. As it was in the days of old, so it is now.

 

But who is God? All attempts made by men in this regard remain in futility. The god that man formed cannot be God. God has never left man in the dark as to who He is. By revelation and inspiration God has made Himself known to men. By the mystery of the creation and the beauty of created things, He made Himself known. “Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. And who as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? And the things that are coming and shall come, let them shew unto them” Isa 44:6-7. “Is there a God besides me? There is no Rock: I know not any” v8.

 

“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, who he hath appointed heir of all things by whom also he made the worlds; who being the brightness of his glory; and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high” Heb 2:1-3. God revealed Himself to men through prophets and the word – the Bible, and more importantly through The Son – Jesus Christ.

 

Even the apostles having seen Jesus, wanted to know God, the Father, “Lord show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied” but Jesus told them “Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say “Show us the Father?” Jn 14:8-9.

 

Would God have hidden Himself from the crown of His creation – man? But because God is loving He makes Himself knowable. He made the universe in all its magnitude and creative details. He brings us into a relationship, so that we can get to know Him in a personal way, as we might a close friend and this He does through His Son, Jesus Christ. He who knows Christ, knows Him. God is welcoming, hence He invites us to talk to Him and bring to Him what concerns us. God is forgiving. He will forgive us from the moment we begin a relationship with Him. Jesus, the Son of God, paid for our sins with his death on the cross. He rose from the dead and offers us forgiveness. Halleluyah!

 

God is honest. Titus 2: “God is not men, that he should lie, or a son of man that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it. Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?” “For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us” – Num 23:19. 2 Cor 1:20. What he promises, can be counted on. When God promises us forgiveness, eternal life, a relationship with himself, we can believe. God is truthful, as emphasized by Jesus “Truly, truly I say unto you …” Every promise he makes to us can be trusted, he means it so, we can take him at his word. God is unlimited in wisdom, understanding and knowledge. He understands all the elements of every situation including the history and future events related to it.

 

Without any fear of contradiction, God is the “I am that I am” Ex 3:14. He is the Ancient of Days – Dan 7:22. He is higher than the highest – Eccl 5:8, He is the Eternal – Deut 3:27; the Immutable – Heb 1:12, the Omnipresent, Acts 17:27, the Omniscient, Job 26:6, the Supreme Governor – Ex 9:16; Ps 22:28 and the Omnipotent – Lk 1:35; Rev 19:6. We do not have to update him, counsel him or persuade him to do the right thing. He will definitely do the right because he is capable and his motives are pure. If we trust him, he will never make mistakes or deceive us. He can be fully trusted to do what is right in all circumstances, at all times.