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I’m reminding you of a few of God’s marvelous attributes because the more you know about God, the more you will live in his freedom, in his love, and for his glory. Your relationship with God—which no doubt spills over to all other relationships in your life—depends in large part on how well you know God and how consistently you try to know him better.
God does not want to be taken for granted. John Piper writes: “We get anesthetized to the unspeakable and appalling insult rendered to God, day in and day out by his being ignored. It starts to feel normal—the way it’s normal not to think about air or a solid earth under our feet.”
One way to make sure you’re not taking God for granted, not ignoring him, is to consistently dwell on his many wonderful attributes. For example, have you thought lately about the truth that God is supreme? That means he outranks everyone and everything. He fears nothing or no one.
You remember after the resurrection, before returning to Heaven, Jesus said that all authority had been given to him in Heaven and on earth. All authority! Jesus is supreme.
What does the supremacy of God mean to you—in your life? Someone put it this way: “Our lives are neither the product of blind fate nor the result of capricious chance, but every detail of them was ordained from all eternity and is now ordered by the living and reigning God. Not a hair of our heads can be touched without his permission.” That’s because our God and our Savior is supreme.
Here’s the thing—if you and I made it a habit to dwell on at least one attribute of God each day, to thank God for it, to remind ourselves all through each day of one particular thing about God, there is no doubt our days would be better. The very thought of Jesus changes our attitudes; makes us thankful and humble and joyful. One attribute a day—that’s not hard to do, is it? Let’s begin today by praising God all through the day and the night that he is supreme, and no one can pluck you out of his hand.