Jeremiah 32:17,18, 26,27
17 "Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.
18 You show love to thousands but bring the punishment for the fathers' sins into the laps of their children after them. O great and powerful God, whose name is the LORD Almighty,
Jeremiah 32:26-27
26 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
27 "I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?
omnipotent [ɒmˈnɪpətənt]
adj
having very great or unlimited power
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Theology)
the Omnipotent an epithet for God
[via Old French from Latin omnipotens all-powerful, from omni- + potens, from posse to be able]
omnipotence n
omnipotently adv
I believe it is the concept of omnipotence that snares us. We can imagine God as all powerful. I don’t think we have any problem associating Him with the big stuff. I don’t believe Christians have a problem seeing God parting the Red Sea or raining down manna from heaven. I believe it is when we think of the tiny things that we get bogged down.
I believe we find it hard to imagine God having time to attend to all of the little details of our spiritual lives.
How can God have time to hear, let alone attend to, billions of prayers, especially when we begin to judge the value of the prayers by our standards
Psalm 147:4-5 (New King James Version)
4 He counts the number of the stars;
He calls them all by name.
5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power;
His understanding is infinite.
Many of us find the 12th Chapter of Luke both comforting and fearsome. We are a little disquieted because we know that God has the ability to know all of our little secrets……
2There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. 3What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.
Yet, we find joy in the knowledge that Our Father is all knowing…
6Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 7Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
I thank You, God that You have limitless power. I thank You that You have chosen to include me in your love. How grateful I am to be a child of the Most High God. I know that You have time for my prayers. I thank You for your generous gift of the Comforter, that part of You that takes the time to assist me when I don’t even know what to pray.
May God Forever Be a Blessing in Your Life!!!
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