"O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep."
Psalm 92:5
This psalm entitled, “A Psalm or Song for the Sabbath Day,” (Psalm 92:1), evidently was written for the psalmist (and others) to meditate on the LORD during the Sabbath. This psalm has much to teach us about the LORD. Please read through it. We will think in verse 5 for today.
“O LORD, how great are thy works!”
As the psalmist meditated upon Jehovah during his Shabbat worship, he began thinking through the greatness of His works. He considered God’s creation in awe.
“When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained,” (Psalm 8:3).
He quickly concludes that God’s works are so massive and diverse that he cannot comprehend the enormity of it all. The grandeur of His works cannot be grasped in man’s finite brain.
“Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered,” (Psalm 40:5).
After all, if a finite man can fully comprehend the infinite God, then this God would not be much of a God, would He? Though you spend all your days and time trying to figure out God, you must fail, for God, although He is knowable by man, man cannot fully understand the great Jehovah. In fact, Job asks:
“Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?” (Job 11:7).
The answer is no, our God is too vast, too great to be fully understood by us.
“And thy thoughts are very deep.”
The plans and purposes of God the Creator cannot be figured out and understood entirely by man, God’s creature. He alone is sovereign, He alone knows His reasons for His decisions and works. These are beyond our understanding because they are very deep thoughts.
“O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counselor?” (Romans 11:33-34).
No one.
My how we are blessed to be loved and cared for by the omniscient God who knows all is greater than all and has set His affection on the likes of us. Now that’s grace!