One day, my 3-year-old cousin Katie surprised her mom and dad with a bit of theological expertise. She said to them, "You both had sisters who died. Then God took them up to heaven to be with Him. Isn't God powerful!"
God's immense power is a mystery, yet it is simple enough for a child to understand. In Katie's young way of thinking, she knew that for God to do something so miraculous, it would mean that He is powerful. Without understanding all the details, she knew that God did something wonderful by taking her two aunts to heaven.
How often do we sit back in our more sophisticated world and marvel: "Isn't God powerful?" Probably not often enough. We can't know how God spun the worlds into existence with His voice (Job 38-39; Ps. 33:9; Heb. 11:3), nor can we know how He maintains control of them (Neh. 9:6). We can't know how He planned and fulfilled the incarnation of Jesus, nor can we understand how He can make Christ's sacrifice sufficient for our salvation. But we know these things are true. The power of God: immeasurable in its wonder yet clear enough for us to understand. It's yet another reason to praise Him. Everything God does is marked with simplicity and power.
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