Call on Heaven: A 7-Day Devotional by Passion预览

How Great Is Your Name: Jesus Is Majestic And Merciful

Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon, and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? Ps 8:1, 3-4

God is inviting us to know the fullness of who He is. He doesn’t need to know or love us, but He wants to. He gave everything so we could know him, and we can spend our whole lives seeking Him and it will never be enough. We will never reach the other side of His love or fathom the depth of His grace, but we get to pursue intimacy with Him!

God is the Creator, the uncreated One, mighty in power, sovereign, and holy. He is awesome and unfathomably great. In His infinite wisdom, love, and goodness, He saw you, and long before you were a thought in your parents’ minds, you were in the mind of God. He is the maker of the heavens and the earth, and yet He knows us. Even more, He loves us. At the heart of God is the heart of a Father. The heart of a Redeemer.

At the center of eternity is Jesus, both the Lion of Judah and the Lamb who was slain. Jesus stepped out of heaven and didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped but made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant. He became a man, yet was fully God. He humbled himself and became obedient to death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God gave Him the name which is above every other name. Every person on planet Earth will bow and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Phil 2:6-11). The paradoxical attributes of God paint a picture of God that exemplifies His otherness. He is holy and humble. He is King and servant. He is the High Priest and the Offering. He is all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving, and all grace-giving. He is strong and gentle. He is holy and He is our friend.

Prayer: Father, thank you for loving me in a breathtaking way through Jesus. It is a miracle in itself that you hear me and welcome my prayers. Even more, you answer and draw me near. “I love the Lord, because He has heard my voice and my supplications” (Ps 116:1). Amen.