127 Job 36:5 Big Enough to Acknowledge the Little
JMD Devotional 127 Job 36:5 Big Enough to Acknowledge the Little
Behold! God is mighty, and yet despises no one nor regards anything as trivial; He is mighty in power of understanding and heart.
Who has not known someone who was so small (in a figurative sense) that they would not acknowledge the contributions of others less they infringe on their own prominence? Insecurity leads people to behave in perplexing ways. It can come out in hyper critical fault finding in others; or in flamboyant behavior to attain and hold the center of attention. It could lead to the magnification of one's own virtue and another's shortcomings; or in diminishing the value of other people. Being small fosters rivalry; and it confuses a person's value with their social status or what they have instead of who they are. Being small plays out as a constant undercurrent, a second agenda, a false self that obscures and distorts interpersonal relationships. In our deficit of power, our smallness craves control, so it attaches strings to every gift and favor; it seeks to make others indebted to one's self. In our lowness, self is always the object of promotion. To some degree all humanity suffers from the deficiencies of 'self.'
God does not suffer from any deficiency whatsoever. He is complete in and of Himself, He needs nothing, we can contribute nothing to His worth. He is perfect. God alone is completely free to appreciate the little things in their totality; to give freely; to love without dissimulation (no falseness nor feigning); He is big enough to be completely true, pure and objective. We can take Him at His Word; His love is real, and when it is scorned, His wrath is righteous, and earned by us, and in perfect measure.
Dear God,
You are PERFECT!
May I never loose my awe of You! Though You are so very high; I praise You because You regard the lowly, even me. Continue to reveal yourself to your people; and manifest Jesus Christ in our new nature so that we become BIG like You in heart and soul and character. May your holy influence make us fit citizens of Heaven and productive members of your kingdom, for your glory and honor evermore.
Amen
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Behold! God is mighty, and yet despises no one nor regards anything as trivial; He is mighty in power of understanding and heart.
Who has not known someone who was so small (in a figurative sense) that they would not acknowledge the contributions of others less they infringe on their own prominence? Insecurity leads people to behave in perplexing ways. It can come out in hyper critical fault finding in others; or in flamboyant behavior to attain and hold the center of attention. It could lead to the magnification of one's own virtue and another's shortcomings; or in diminishing the value of other people. Being small fosters rivalry; and it confuses a person's value with their social status or what they have instead of who they are. Being small plays out as a constant undercurrent, a second agenda, a false self that obscures and distorts interpersonal relationships. In our deficit of power, our smallness craves control, so it attaches strings to every gift and favor; it seeks to make others indebted to one's self. In our lowness, self is always the object of promotion. To some degree all humanity suffers from the deficiencies of 'self.'
God does not suffer from any deficiency whatsoever. He is complete in and of Himself, He needs nothing, we can contribute nothing to His worth. He is perfect. God alone is completely free to appreciate the little things in their totality; to give freely; to love without dissimulation (no falseness nor feigning); He is big enough to be completely true, pure and objective. We can take Him at His Word; His love is real, and when it is scorned, His wrath is righteous, and earned by us, and in perfect measure.
Dear God,
You are PERFECT!
May I never loose my awe of You! Though You are so very high; I praise You because You regard the lowly, even me. Continue to reveal yourself to your people; and manifest Jesus Christ in our new nature so that we become BIG like You in heart and soul and character. May your holy influence make us fit citizens of Heaven and productive members of your kingdom, for your glory and honor evermore.
Amen
All (but*) quotes are from The Amplified Bible, published by
the Lockman Foundation. (AMP)
Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation
*New International Version (NIV)
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society
**Scripture taken from The Message. Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. (Eugene Peterson's easy-to-read, contemporary Scripture translation)
If you know of someone who would like to subscribe to
my daily devotional, please forward.
jamesdinsmore_32907@yahoo.com
Short, concise, thought-provoking.
More features:
My Poetry
http://saintjamespoetry.blog.com/
(Some) of my Devotionals
http://recoverydevotional.blogspot.com/
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