Saying that my God is greater also means that He has conquered sin. He's defeated death, and He constantly loves and raises us sinners into a new life. He cares for us eternally and He changes us for His glory. He is bigger than other "religions." A religion is a way to live one's life, summed up. It's just one of the many things we try to do and to be with and for our lives. We all want meaning, and Christians, Agnostics, Catholics, Buddhists, Mormons, Jews, Atheists, Muslims, Hindus, everyone is looking for that. My God is bigger than the gods people try to justify. My God is bigger than our limitations and our weak, sick bodies. We pervert His goodness and He forgives us with those open arms and big eyes if we change our lives for Him. But the greater wonder of that is that He changes our lives. He's bigger than our idols; He's bigger than the seemingly huge things we turn into our gods. So yes, He is greater. He is The Greatest. But saying that implies so much more than what is said. My prayer is that you see that; my constant prayer is that He would make you see that.
I posted this as a note on my Facebook page a while back because the song "Our God," had been brought up in a discussion I had with a friend of mine. He visited the church service I attend on Wednesday nights one evening and our praise band led the group in worship through this song. He didn't really understand what the words were supposed to mean and took it as chauvinistic. The lyrics read, "Water You turned into wine, opened the eyes of the blind. There's no one like You. There's none like You. Into the darkness You shine, out of the ashes we rise. Oh, our God is greater, our God is stronger. God, You are higher than any other. Our God is Healer, awesome in power. If our God is for us, then who could ever stop us? And if our God is with us, what can stand against?"
Once he told me what he thought, I tried to take into consideration all the things that should be considered in my opinion. I considered his home life, I considered his peers, but above all, I considered the condition of his soul. He isn't expected to understand the words to that song, and he isn't expected to agree. As a lost person, he is unable to worship God, and that is the sole purpose of that song and its being played. It wasn't even the song that I was really even thinking about though... It was his perception of the worship and his soul's present condition. Of course he isn't going to understand what it all means- before I was a believer, I thought the same exact thing.
The point of my saying all of this was to explain the situation and circumstances behind the note above. I ask that you would pray for my friend, and pray that he sees what God is trying to make him see. I don't know if I posted that in hope that he would read it and that it would spark something more inside of him, but I know that it's truth. God is sovereign and greatly to be praised. For whoever read this far, much thanks, and for whoever goes on to pray for my friend, I'm very grateful.
Our God is greater than our misunderstandings and misinterpretations, our God is greater than the hold Satan has on the world's minds. Our God is also greater than our word-limitations, and where I fail because I'm weak, He prevails for He is strong. May the Spirit move.
