In a culture of exaggerated language where words like magnificent and extraordinary are used for everyday matters, we struggle to find adequate terms to describe the breathtaking glory of our Great God. For God's elect, words still matter, and careful language reflects a reality that only God's people understand. If you truly know Him, you will grasp what awesome truly means, testifying to the world through our truth-telling God. Even the most superb language fails us in describing our Awesome God, as Moses praised in Exodus 15, declaring, "Who is like You, oh Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?" Our words remain limited because God is great and awesome beyond description, often leaving us speechless, as Job was in the aftermath of God's self-revelation, responding only with silence. Scripture reveals that while we can have a true and personal knowledge of God, He remains ultimately incomprehensible to us; we cannot fully grasp His whole being. God's greatness, power, thoughts, ways, wisdom, and judgments are far beyond human ability to fathom fully. We cannot know everything about even one aspect of God's character or work due to several reasons: God is infinite while we are finite, living and dying according to His will; the perfect unity of God's attributes functions in a way beyond human experience; the effects of sin distort our understanding of truth; and in His sovereign wisdom, God chooses not to reveal all things to us, disclosing them only when we need to know. This incomprehensibility humbles us, evoking a heart of wonder and awe before His greatness, yet it also affirms that God is knowable truly, personally, and sufficiently through His personal revelation, encouraging solid conviction and godly living.

Our heavenly Father is far greater than any earthly father, set apart from the common, for He is holy and uncommon. He is not merely a Father but embodies countless roles—Designer, Creator, Life-giver, Law-giver, Provider, and King of all that exists. He reveals, works out prophecy, answers prayers, heals sickness, and intervenes in world events, church matters, and individual lives, calling, forgiving, granting repentance, justifying, sanctifying, and ultimately glorifying. His mind is expansive, His talents boundless, His intelligence supreme, His creativity unmatched, and His power beyond comprehension. He is the supreme Geologist, Biologist, Botanist, Chemist, Physicist, Mathematician, Linguist, Historian, Writer, and Author, among countless other titles. As the Supreme Judge, He cannot be confined to a single role or limited by human understanding. There is a vast chasm between us and God, a gulf that human minds can only grasp in fleeting glimpses. His thoughts are as high above ours as the heavens are above the earth. He holds all the waters of the earth in His hand, measures the universe with a span, and weighs the mountains and hills in His scales. His power is absolute, capable of bringing anything to pass as He desires. His intelligence and wisdom are unparalleled, for no one has taught Him or advised Him; He is the Author and Teacher of all knowledge and understanding. God has numbered and named every star in the universe, a feat beyond human comprehension, showcasing His immense capacity to oversee even the minutest details. He knows every sparrow that falls to the ground, tracks the countless hairs on each head, and is aware of every event, no matter how small. He is a micro-manager of His creation, upholding all things by the word of His power, ensuring nothing degenerates without His care. His planning is meticulous, preparing treasuries of snow and hail for times of need, demonstrating His foresight and faithfulness as a Creator who not only forms but maintains all things to their fullest potential. In comparison to Him, we are insignificant—mere worms, maggots, dust particles, and less than nothing. Only by recognizing this vast difference can we truly appreciate His greatness and what He does for us. Yet, despite our nothingness, He offers us the chance to bridge this chasm, to rise from insignificance to share in His nature, to be crowned with glory and honor, and to become one with Him in His family. This understanding, combined with humility, motivates us to acknowledge our dependence on Him, for He is everything, and without Him, we are nothing.

God's greatness is evident in His boundless knowledge and sovereign will, far surpassing human understanding. He knows everything and determines every action necessary for the existence and activity of Himself and all creation. His will encompasses both general and specific choices, ensuring that His purpose prevails, as He works all things according to His decisive resolve. His omnipotence and sovereignty are unassailable, with nothing able to thwart His plans, which progress directly toward His aims at His pace. His will is an attribute of purpose, characterized by beauty, blessedness, glory, and perfection. It includes His necessary will, where He must act according to His holy, righteous character, never lying or ceasing to be God, and His free will, where He chooses actions not dictated by His nature, such as creating the universe or redeeming a special people for Himself. His creation and continuous upholding of all things proceed solely from His will, demonstrating His freedom to act out of love and volition, worthy of all honor, glory, and praise. God's will is also revealed and secret. His revealed will, encapsulated in His law and instructions, guides us to live according to His purpose, while His secret will, concerning future events or specific outcomes, remains known only to Him. He withholds certain knowledge, encouraging faith and focus on what He has disclosed, ensuring we prioritize spiritual growth over speculation. His character assures us that He will act with mercy and equity, protecting the righteous and accomplishing what is best, even when we cannot fully comprehend His plans.

The magnificent surety of God's Word is on display all around us, revealing the awesome greatness of our Creator. The unspoken words of His creativity and maintaining power are constantly before us, evident in every corner of creation. He inhabits eternity, declaring the end from the beginning, showcasing His boundless omniscience. Everything He does and has purposed from eternity is executed exactly as He knew it would, demonstrating His perfect and unsearchable plan. His will is to bring all men into truth through Jesus Christ, carefully determining the appointed order for each, as part of His incredible design to create us in His image and likeness. From before the foundation of the world, He has planned, executed, and accomplished His work with precision, building us into a spiritual house for His honor and glory. Even in the midst of trials and tribulations, His purpose remains steadfast, displaying a perfection that transcends our limited understanding.

God's greatness surpasses all human comprehension, transcending every measure and superlative we can apply. His holiness embodies the totality of His excellence, revealing a vast difference between Him and us, which humbles us deeply. His creation dwarfs human achievements, as seen in the immense scale of the sun, which is 1,300,000 times larger than the earth, and stars like Polaris, a million times larger than the sun. The heat at the core of the sun reaches 15 million degrees centigrade, capable of melting vast quantities of ice in a second, illustrating a power beyond our grasp. All the majesty and splendor of the universe, with its countless galaxies, are but a trace of His glory, for He is the source of all greatness and power. His thoughts and ways are higher than ours, as the heavens are above the earth, showcasing His transcendence in creative power and every attribute. Unlike the changing, decaying world, He remains constant, never altering, with a reliability and trustworthiness that assure us He will never leave nor forsake us. His words endure forever, enforced by His eternal presence. His steadfast love is as certain as death, yet stronger, overturning death itself through His power to raise and restore life. His understanding is infinite, with no end to His mercy, justice, kindness, and goodness, all reflecting His transcendent purity. His holiness, though seemingly beyond reach, is the image He calls us to embody, commanding us to be holy as He is holy. His purpose is not to crush us with this immense difference but to transform us into His likeness, a process enabled by His grace. Through fellowship with Him, established by Jesus Christ, His glory is communicated to us, reflected in our lives as we grow in holiness. His grace, ever-present, supplies what is needed for this transformation, carrying us toward glorification, ensuring that the path to holiness, though challenging, is attainable for each of us.

God's greatness is evident in His unchallenged position as Creator, owning everything by right of creation and exercising His will over all nations and peoples as He desires. He is sovereignly involved in the affairs of all men, aware of every detail of our lives, even to the fall of a sparrow. His sovereignty places everything in the proper relationship between Him and humanity, providing a sound basis for action and responsibility. His ways are inscrutable, beyond human comprehension, as He permits evil and allows challenges to His purpose, yet remains immaculate in holiness, almighty in power, and perfect in love and mercy. All sources of life and joy, both physical and spiritual, spring from Him, as He is the fountain of life and the well of strength. His infinite power, wisdom, judgment, love, mercy, and goodness offer absolute security to those in His care, ensuring that nothing can withstand His will or the outworking of His purpose. As the Shepherd, with all power in heaven and earth, He holds His senseless sheep secure in His hands. The recognition of His sovereignty exalts His supremacy, inspires veneration, destroys any notion of salvation by works, humbles us, provides a solid foundation for true religion, gives a sense of absolute security, and aids in resignation to His will.