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The God Who Stoops to See

The God Who Stoops to See

Reference Ps 113:1-3 (AMP)- Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Praise, O servants of the Lord, Praise the name of the Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord. From this time forth and forever. From the rising of the sun to its setting The name of the Lord is to be praised [with awe-inspired reverence].

The ancient Psalmist gives us that perspective in Psalm 113. It is a short chapter, but it packs a punch that can completely recalibrate our view of God and, consequently, our view of ourselves.

There are days when life feels incredibly small. We get lost in the minutiae of our to-do lists, the weight of our worries, and the echo of our own inadequacies. We look at the mountains we need to climb—the career goals, the relationship hurdles, the personal healing—and we feel like specks of dust at the base of a giant. It’s in these moments of feeling insignificant that we desperately need a new perspective.

This isn't a quiet, polite suggestion. It is a declaration of war against the despair that tries to steal our joy. The call is to praise—not just on Sunday morning, but from sunrise to sunset. Every single moment, every ordinary task, every conversation, is an opportunity to acknowledge that there is a God who is high above all else.

Why is this praise so emphatic? Because of who God is. The Greatness We Can’t Comprehend! The Mystery That Changes Everything!!

In the middle of describing God's infinite majesty, the Psalmist writes this: the most beautiful, mind-blowing truth in the entire Bible. “Who is like the Lord our God... who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?” (Verse 6).The God who is higher than the highest heavens has to stoop to see the heavens. The vastness of space, the galaxies, the stars—He looks down on them from a place of such infinite height that even the sky is low to Him. And then, He stoops lower still. This is the Gospel in a single verse. The God of the universe, who is so high that the heavens are low, stoops down not just to look, but to reach. He reaches into the dust and the ash heap of our broken lives.

So, how do we live in light of this truth? We live with two realities held together.

First, we have a deep, reverent awe for the "High and Lofty One." He is the King of Kings. Our praise should reflect the honour He is due.

Second, we have a confident, intimate trust in the God who "stoops." We can run to Him with our mess. We can bring Him our ash heaps. Because He is the God who not only sees our pain but stoops down to lift us out of it.

Today, when the pressures of life make us feel small, remember: We serve a God who is immense. But He is not distant. He is the High and Lofty One who stoops to rescue the lowly.

Let us Praise Him from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets. Praise Him for being so high and yet so close. Praise Him for reaching down into our dust and calling us to His table. He shares His glory with us. This is the staggering reversal that only God can perform. He takes the hopeless and gives them hope. He takes the forgotten and gives them a name. He takes the barren and makes them into a joyful family. In Jesus Name, Amen.

Shabbat Shalom from Kent, London
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