Read Psalm 145

“Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable.” (Psalm 145:3)

We cannot truly comprehend the magnitude of our God. All of who God is can only be known to Himself. His power. His majesty. His wisdom. His knowledge. His compassion. His righteousness. All of Him!

And while we can certainly know God according to His attributes and character, we will never be able to grasp the full breadth of His being. All of who God is simply cannot be measured. This is what theologians call the Transcendence of God.

God transcends us! He is far above and beyond our comprehension! Just as we understand the concept of infinity from the outside, in a sense, we cannot truly fathom infinity from the inside, in the actual sense. Infinity is beyond our measurements and beyond our ability to comprehend. And so, too, is comprehending the being of God. He is great in that He is infinite in all that He is, which makes Him unsearchable.

The beauty of this, however, is that God is not only transcendent, but God is also imminent, meaning He is near. God in His great mercies has chosen to reveal Himself to mankind. And while we cannot comprehend the depths of God, that does not mean that we cannot comprehend Him in what He has revealed about Himself.

God has revealed Himself through creation —

“The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.” (Psalm 19:1)

“For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead…” (Romans 1:20)

God has revealed Himself through His Word —

“For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.” (Hebrews 4:12–13)

And most importantly, God has revealed Himself through Christ, for Jesus said:

“He who has seen Me has seen the Father." (John 14:9)

Praise be to God, that while He is without measure in all of His goodness, He has chosen to let us gaze upon His goodness to the extent we are able.

But let us never think for a moment that we will ever be able to know just how good God really is, for God is far better than we will ever know! We will never be able to know just how loving God is, for God is far more loving than we will ever know. Plug in any attribute of God, and what you know is only the pinpointed tip of how infinite God is in that attribute. In this sense, David writes this psalm to praise God, recognizing that God's greatness is truly unsearchable.

Dear Beloved, even after time is forgotten and we have been with God for eons upon eons, discovering Him in all His majestic splendor and glory — even then! — God will still be far better than we will ever know.

Remember this — of all that you will ever know about God, He will always be infinitely better still!

“Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!” (Romans 11:33)

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