Psalm 145:5

Psalm 145:5

Can we see God?

We’re still pondering the question, what is it that generations of people have passed on to their successors about the greatness of the Lord. David uses a regal metaphor here, let’s imagine ourselves as spectators inside Westminster Abbey or Windsor Chapel at the wedding of a senior member of the British Royal Family. All the men are dressed in their best suits, the ladies resplendent in their finest dresses and hats, shoes shine and jewellery sparkles but none of this compares to the splendour of the royals as they parade down the central aisle. 

God’s majesty is displayed in the central aisle of His creation from the buttercups that lighten a meadow in spring to the soaring power of an eagle over a mountain peak to the song of a robin in winter, to the majesty of a whale surfacing above the waves, to the setting of the sun in the evening and its arrival every morning, to the vastness of the star-filled heavens, to the humbling crescendos of the thunder and lightning that shake the earth. The catalogue is endless and, at times, indescribable. We then progress to the Word of God and catch glimpses of His heavenly splendour and majesty as countless creatures bow down and worship before His throne, singing His praises and declaring His glory.

David encourages us to step back and to review all of this and to take it in, to marvel at the wonderful works of the Lord and then to acknowledge the glorious splendour of the majesty of God. He is not hidden away, He is not a mysterious spiritual Being who only reveals Himself to a chosen few. His glory is everywhere and visible to all. If we cannot see Him then it’s not His fault, He has never hidden Himself from searching eyes, those who don’t see Him either choose not to do so, or they need some spiritual spectacles! 

 

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