Feeling great

I am in a thankful mood - the Good Lord has blessed me with a mind that can solve problems and a measure of creativity. I've been working on couple of simple programming projects - just writing a couple of Bible memorization games; and I achieved what I set out to do with a minimum of frustration. It set me thinking:

It is humbling to be reminded of God's greatness - compared to our meagre efforts. As creator and sustainer of the universe, He demonstrates His great power every moment of the day, but we often overlook this because we're just too busy. Then, out of the corner of the eye, we glimpse something. Our thoughts focus on a simple truth, and we gasp in wonder at something that others would consider trite or of little consequence if we tried to explain it outside of the context of our experience of His presence.

It may not be an earth-shattering revelation, but it's enough to convince us of the reality of a God whose love for us is constant. There is a great deal of truth in the old cliche that God is more willing to communicate with us and work powerfully through us than we are to allow Him to do so. Our perspective colours our view of this idea though. We can view this statement with despair, hope, cynicism, resignation or as a personal challenge.

What I do know though, is that even when feeling on top of the world, I see One who would encourage me to seek Him more, know Him better - leaving me unsatisfied with earthly achievement and looking for true greatness in a deeper relationship with Him.