February 28 – LD 9, Day 3: My Father—How Great He Is!
by Rev. G.
Van Baren
Read: I Kings 8:22-53;
Psalm 8
The Almighty Father, Creator and sustainer of the universe, is our Father. But our Father has
revealed uniquely His might in the planet earth on which we live. He who
beholds that earth through the “spectacles of Scripture” can not but be awed at what is seen there.
There is the beauty of the flowers and the entire plant world. One
can be struck speechless at lovely fields of flowers. One feels
insignificant when he stands by some of the giant Redwood trees in
Then there is also the beauty of the mountains and canyons. It is an
awesome experience to stand on the rim of the
But our Almighty Creator, our Father, shows His greatness and power in
smallness as well. There are little creatures, almost too small for the
human eye to see; that also He created and directs. Man, for all of his
ability to make very small things, is not able to make anything like the many
small insects God has made. I marvel when I see one of these almost
invisible insects. Legs which are hardly visible, wings which one can not
see—carry this insect from point to point. And when one tries to crush
that insect under one’s thumb, somehow it can sense impending destruction and
escape. All of this too is made by our Almighty Creator, and
Father.
He is my Father.
Can the devil have power equal to Father’s power? Can the wisest and most
clever human being successfully fight against Him? If Father withdraws
His sustaining power under them, they would cease to exist!
And the child of God believes
in Him. He trusts Him—for He is able and willing to protect and provide
for His own for Jesus’ sake.