People love to measure things: time, distance, speed, temperature, wind velocity, rainfall and virtually everything else in our universe. We love to see records set and then broken. Guinness World Records is a great example. Until 1998 it was called Guinness Book of World Records but now all of the records no longer fit into a book so they are found on a website instead. The problem is that all of our measuring devises and measurements are finite – limited by our senses. When we encounter the Creator of the universe who is infinite and not measurable our minds are blown. We no longer feel in control. I think that is one reason the enemy is able to get so many people to worship idols (things) because it gives them a sense of control.
Scripture writers record with awe and amazement God’s self-descriptions. “From eternity to eternity I am God. No one can snatch anyone out of my hand. No one can undo what I have done.” (Isaiah 43:13) “’Am I a God who is only close at hand?’ says the lord. ‘No, I am far away at the same time. Can anyone hide from me in a secret place? Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?’ says the lord.” (Jeremiah 23:23-24) In Isaiah 55:9 God tells us, “For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.” God measures everything from His infinite perspective. How high are the heavens above the earth? Even measuring in light years scientists have not discovered the full extent of the heavens. God’s ways and thoughts are infinitely higher than ours, beyond comprehension or measurement.
We also find that same awe and amazement as scripture writers attempt to describe God. “Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11) “All glory to him who alone is God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord. All glory, majesty, power, and authority are his before all time, and in the present, and beyond all time! Amen.” (Jude 1:25)
One of my favorite examples of infinite distance is how far God has removed our sins from us. The psalmist writes, “He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.” (Psalms 103:12) Since the earth is round, the distance between east and west in infinite – it cannot be measured by man. Corrie ten Boom described it this way, “God has taken our sin. He has thrown it into the sea of forgetfulness, and he has posted a sign that says, ‘No fishing allowed.'”
I am so thankful and amazed that I am able to worship God whose power and love are beyond my wildest imagination. I don’t need to be able to understand or measure them. I only need to trust Him by faith and see them manifest. Praise God for eternal life and unending love beyond measure! Even more amazing is that He has planted His love and power in me through His Holy Spirit. How awesome is that? That love and power within me is beyond human understanding. With His Spirit guiding my life, I no longer need to be in control, to measure and understand everything. I walk by faith. I worship and praise God constantly for all He has done for me and then I serve Him by serving others and sharing with them His awesome, amazing presence.