“This is the covenant that I will make with Israel after those days, declares the Lord: ‘I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. No longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, “Know the Lord,” for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.’
“Thus says the Lord,
who gives the sun for light by day
and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
the Lord of hosts is his name:
‘If this fixed order departs
from before me, declares the Lord,
then shall the offspring of Israel cease
from being a nation before me forever.’” Jeremiah 31:33-36
Dawn is barely teasing, but its fixed order will surely bring it round. An impatient rouged pink cloud pokes and streaks its way across the deep blue to announce that the sun is on its way. Even the moon smiles, a high small magnet pulling her upward before it disappears, camouflaged in her light. Watch, behold, contemplate the magnificent rhythm, perfection of gravity and orbits and balance, the excellent and beyond-beautiful handiwork of Creator God.
In creation, God fashioned the intricacies of the world for His crowning glory, man, whom He then made in His image. When all was prepared, He brought forth man to rule over it and be fruitful. His order was exquisitely planned and precisely executed in time and design. And He continues to rule heavens, earth, and the human heart. (Genesis 1:1-18)
We know people with high capacity and exemplary giftedness, and may ourselves be able to multitask well or accomplish much in a given span of time. But the infinite capacity of Almighty God is incomparable. It stretches the imagination beyond measure to comprehend a Creator who knows each star by name and upholds them by His power even as He knows every pang of every heart, hears each spoken and unspoken word of our prayers, and works good in every circumstance and sanctification simultaneously for His own. He is indeed beyond understanding and explanation. And in His vast greatness, He is knowable. (Psalm 147:4-5; Isaiah 40:26; Romans 8:28-30; Colossians 1:16-17)
That the Lord chose us to know Him, that by His perfect will and grace He planted in us His living Spirit, and that He keeps us in love and covenant promise, should undo us. When we gaze at His skies, our smallness magnifies His infinite glory. We can both bow and surrender, hush and sing. This omnipotent Sovereign is mine and I am His! (Psalm 8:1-9)
These things are true, yet often do not make their way into our insecurities, conditional comparisons, and fretting. We say we believe He loves and preserves us, yet rue being left out, overlooked, coming up short. When will we draw strength, purpose, and confidence from His pledge of light and order for our days? How will we honor His infinite capacity today?
Father, keep me in honest, right relationship with Your infinite greatness- humble, yielded, thankful.
As the rain and snow 
AMEN! I had a giggle thinking about the truth that God is the ultimate multi tasker. It’s so simple yet easy to forget that He sustains everything from each of my breaths to the sun rising and setting and everything in between. May I rest in Him, be in awe of Him and lean into Him instead of my own understanding and lame attempts at juggling many things.
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