Act of God		



Psa 113:4  GOD is higher than anything and anyone, outshining everything you can see in 

	the skies. 

Psa 113:5  Who can compare with GOD, our God, so majestically enthroned, 

Psa 113:6  Surveying his magnificent heavens and earth? 



	When one has reached a high level of achievement in his chosen occupation 

or field of interest, when he's perfected the skills that are required, there is naturally 

an attitude acquired that places him above the common ones who aren't on his level. 

It is easy for him to look down on those who have not aspired to such lofty goals as 

his and to think himself somehow greater than they. In his communication with a 

common laborer or especially a homeless person, there is an unavoidable air of 

superiority as those people are seen as less for not having been as smart or worked as 

hard. It is hard for this "successful" person to understand how someone could stand 

to go through life in that condition and any respect for them is very hard to come by.  


(Let's hold this thought)



	My first memorable experience of an "act of God" happened when I was 

probably three or four. My father was the pastor of a church in Castle Rock, CO and 

our family lived in the basement of the church that was located on a hillside just 

above the city. A major torrential flood came through our area destroying houses as 

the riverbanks gave way and overflowed. The church, though far above the river, was 

hit by volumes of water coming down the hillside that broke through the windows in 

the basement and completely flooded our home. For me it was just an exciting 

adventure, as we had to go stay with some friends until everything could be cleaned 

up. Since then I have experienced earthquakes, tornadoes, a hurricane and lightning. 

	Living for any period of time means that at some point there will be contact 

with a powerful act of nature. While each of these events may not be truly God 

performed, He is the One who formed all things and set all things of nature in 

motion, and in each of them there is a power demonstrated that renders everyone in 

its path equally vulnerable before it, no matter their level of success or importance. 

Observing any of these demonstrations we have a glimpse into the realm of power in 

which God operates. We might be able to construct enormous buildings, run huge 

companies, get a pigskin across a line, throw a ball through a hoop or hit one across a 

fence, design incredibly technical machines, or lead powerful countries, but 

confronted with any of these movements of nature, we are the same as someone who 

has done nothing at all with their life. Our God is the One who formed all things 

including the sun and the stars, which for us are a source of heat and light, but would 

actually be most destructive with close proximity. He continually operates on this 

level of management that is far above our ability to comprehend. As powerful as 

nature and all the universe is, if it were all mounted in its power against God, it 

would be no match for Him. As we are made vulnerable before a hurricane, so all of 

nature would be before God. No man and no force of nature can stand before our 

God who is matchless in infinite power and might. 

(Back to our first thought)


	Here is God in His infinite level of achievement and power, living in a realm 

far, far above any of us here on earth. How could he be mindful of any of us, let alone 

any of our meager achievements? Yet, this is what He does:



Psa 113:7  He picks up the poor from out of the dirt, rescues the wretched who've been 

	thrown out with the trash, 

Psa 113:8  Seats them among the honored guests, a place of honor among the brightest 

	and best. 

Psa 113:9  He gives childless couples a family, gives them joy as the parents of children. 

	Hallelujah! 


He sees the lowliest person, not with disdain and disrespect, but as a potential "act of 

God". He takes more delight and gets more fulfillment from rescuing a wretched one 

from the trash than showing His might in any other way. Though He is continually 

being praised and though He is surrounded in glory and holiness, He doesn't 

disregard the one who is void of these, but desires to bring them up to heavenly 

places with Him. He is most rewarded when the most down-and-out finally receives 

His offer of life and begins to enjoy the abundance that is his potential in Christ. 

	While anything that is unexplainable in its powerful demonstration has come 

to be known as an "act of God", the true "act" that God wants to be involved in and 

known for is the transforming of a life from the realm of darkness to the realm of 

light. Even for us who have come to know Christ as our ever-present Savior and 

Friend, there is an "act of God" that is waiting to take place in our lives every day. As 

His Word fills our hearts and His praise fills our mouth, we are again lifted to 

another realm of glory in Him and experience with joy a true "act of God". 



3/26/04