1 Chron. 29:11–Yours, O Lord, Is The Greatness

1 Chronicles 29:11–"Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the earth is Yours.  Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and You are exalted as head above all."

My life is inundated with mediocrity.  In truth, it is no small thing for anything in my life to be or to become what anyone would call excellent.  Even more so would be the oddity of actually possessing anything remotely resembling true greatness.  True, I am a decent musician; I am a fairly good writer. But for me to be called majestic or glorious or great, well, that would be just plain silly.

God, however, is not like me–or anyone else for that matter.  That's what this verse is about and we should be happy to shout it in exclamation for its truth!

Amen and praise be to God for He is great!

1 Chronicles 29:10-12: David Praising the Lord

1 Chronicles 29:10-12:"David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly, saying, 'Praise be to You, Lord, the God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.  Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is Yours. Yours, Lord, is the Kingdom; You are exalted as head over all.  Wealth and honor come from You; You are the ruler of all things.  In Your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.'"

This is David's dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem.  A massive structure built as God's residing place over Israel but also to act as a testimony to God's power and provision.  This could have quite easily been a speech to the glory of Israel for building such a huge and beautiful building but David, instead, turned his attention on God.  He fixed his gaze not on what they had accumulated but on the God who had provided it.  I think we could take a hint from this passage.  Read it again and let it sink in.  Amen.