Psalm 36:5, 6
God’s love is meteoric, 
his loyalty astronomic, 
His purpose titanic, 
his verdicts oceanic. 
Yet in his largeness nothing gets lost; 
Not a man, not a mouse, 
slips through the cracks. (MSG)

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One of our adversary’s favorite tricks is to lead us down a line of thinking that says what Linda Ronstadt sang so long ago:

You’re no good
You’re no good
You’re no good
Baby, you’re no good

He tells us God is no good. 

He tells us we are no good. 

All the while, he is up to no good, no good at all. 

King David, on the other hand, is like those insurance commercials that say, “We know a thing or two because we’ve seen a thing or two.” David had seen enough of God at work in his own life that he couldn’t pile up enough affirmations and exaltations. 

Nothing is big or grand enough to capture his goodness and glory.

Nothing is too small to escape his notice and care. 

God is good all the time, the gospel song says. And all the time, God is good,the gospel song replies. 

God’s loving goodness is bigger than all your badness piled up like a garbage dump. 

God’s refining and renewing grace cleans its way through the tiniest stains in our sinful souls. 

This is worth remembering when the evil one smacks you in the mouth. It is worth recalling how, one day, God will squish that venomous toad beneath his heel.

God’s greatness is too big for us to exalt adequately. God’s attention is too precise for us to measure. These are truths to keep close at hand for when the evil one attempts to tell you anything different. The Truth really does set us free.

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I will exult in God’s exalted nature.

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Our Father, you are bigger, better, and more beautiful than we can describe. You are greater than we can know. You are all that we need now, next, and forever. What a delight to belong to you. Amen.