“Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible,
the only wise God, be honour
and glory for ever and ever. Amen.” 1Ti 1:17
Our Lord and God is the perfect
opposite of all else and others who may present themselves as worthy of
adulation and admiration. They have to be constantly ‘visible’ to us and appeal
to our natural senses for us to notice them. To make them visible, their
talents or products and reputation must be constantly marketed and must compete
for the consumer attention, and money. Idols are man-made gods, and are of
necessity visible, physical icons, statues, people or things which must be
‘seen’ by our physical eyes to hold any sway.
In direct opposition to man’s notions of deity, the true God and King of Kings is invisible to the natural mortal eye, He is not obvious to those who cannot look with the spiritual eyes of faith. Yet for all that He does not rely on having to be personally ‘seen’, His presence is everywhere, His creation surrounds us and the evidences of His power and person are written in every molecule and atom of space and matter so that we cannot escape His presence or influence. What an amazing miracle that the signature of this invisible Almighty Sovereign is everywhere around and in us! Like the wind He is unseen but works of His hand and the effects of His Spirit, leave no doubt that He is there!
He is the Only God and the
originator of all wisdom, knowledge and information. We have all been enriched
by His inimitable wisdom and power. What we ‘discover’ as human beings, are but
gems from His inexhaustible treasury, which He in His time and wisdom allows us
to find, and what we ‘invent’ are but imitations of the patterns of the
creation He made to begin with. We utilize what He has already made and created
and made available to us. Like children in a sandpit we make the sand castles
of the things that fill and surround our lives, but the sand and implements we
use, along with the energy, ability, creativity and a myriad of other
processes, have all been given to us, by the ever loving, eternal and only wise
God.
What a mighty God we serve!
Worthy of all praise, honour, thanks and glory! He it is who must be worshipped
and freely, passionately, lovingly appreciated and proclaimed. Jesus and only
He is worthy of our acclaim and wholehearted love and affection. Oh that we
would like the woman with the alabaster box of ointment, pour upon this ONE,
the kind of attention that belongs to Him and is rightly His. Let’s never fall
short by being miserly in our worship towards the King and Lord who has lavished all goodness and blessing upon us; or by surrendering our love and worship to
anyone or anything else!
See also:
http://www.pentecostalfamilychurch.com.au/devotion