God's Infinite Glory

How incredible is our God that He would give himself for us in the most brutal death imaginable to save us from the most horrific eternity fathomable. I heard once from a pastor that the fires of hell are a memorial to the greatness and majesty of our God. We, of course, by nature are incredibly repulsed by the thought of hell, as we should be. Yet, this reaction leads us many times to complete neglect that such a place even exists, despite the obvious scriptures that would point to the contrary. Our response to a place like hell should be awe. We should be in awe of a God that is so mighty and so majestic and so infinitely valuable that the fires of hell are the only just response to the belittlement of His name. That brings me to both my knees in fear, and to tears in joy that Christ is a mediator.

With this in mind, how incredibly important is it to preach this to our people? How irreplaceable is this among our conversation? It would be a great tragedy to go about our everyday lives and not consider the majesty and infinite glory of our God! So much of our thinking, talking, considering, pondering, and essentially living is spent on things that are finite and transient. So fleeting  are the conversations of the children of God these days. So minute and impotent are the sermons of the men of God these days. We must fight to preach, proclaim, and herald the Glory of our God from the mountaintops lest we slip slowly but surely into a life of dishonoring Him day after day, by our own lack of reverence. 

May the glory of our God be heard through the words of our pastors, the lives of our congregations, the voices of our children, the books of our theologians, and the breath of His bride together. May we not offend Him, but rather be eager and thankful recipients of His grace, therefore honoring Him in His infinite, self-sustaining glory, forever!

"Oh the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgements and how inscrutable His ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord and who has been His counselor? Or who has given a gift to Him that he might be repaid? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be glory forever. Amen."" 

- Romans 11:33-36