SCRIPTURE: Psalm 135
“Our Lord is greater than all gods.” (Psalm 135:5)
There is only one God, but there are many pictures of God.
These pictures (‘gods’) are projections from our minds, ways that we see God.
God warns people against making pictures (idols), because they always fall short.
All of us are guilty of shaping our ideas about God with our minds.
When this psalm speaks about the Lord, it refers to the God that cannot be pictured.
God as God actually is, the ultimate reality about God – powerful, good, just, merciful.
A God that is concerned for the underdog, and opposed to the proud and cruel.
This God is worth praising, worth celebrating, worth thinking about.
But if all our ideas about God are pictures, how can we know if our ideas are right?
The best way is to look at the picture God Himself made: Jesus Christ.
“The Son is the image of the invisible God.” (Colossians 1:15)
Jesus re-presents God in the flesh, the living embodiment of justice and mercy and goodness.
He is greater than all other ‘gods’ and ‘lords’, He is worth praising!
He is why I am a Jesus-follower, I want to become like Him!
“Those who follow Him will be like Him, and so will all who trust in Him.” (Psalm 135:18)
What do you sense the Lord saying to you?
PRAYER
Lord, You are the reason I have hope, that I believe, that I love God. You are the best picture of God there is, and I long to be like You!