God's Infinitude

Last night I read the following in a chapter called "God's Infinitude" in A.W. Tozer's The Knowledge of the Holy.

Because God's nature is infinite, everything that flows out of it is infinite also. We poor human creatures are constantly being frustrated by limitations imposed upon us from without and within. The days of the years of our lives are few, and swifter than a weaver's shuttle. Life is a short and fevered rehearsal for a concert we cannot stay to give. Just when we appear to have attained some proficiency we are forced to lay our instruments down. There is simply not time enough to think, to become, to perform what the constitution of our nature indicates we are capable of.
How completely satisfying to turn from our limitations to a God who has none.
. . .His love is measureless. It is more; it is boundless. It has no bounds because it is not a thing but a facet of the essential nature of God. His love is something he is, and because He is infinite that love can enfold the whole created world in itself and have room for ten thousand times ten thousand worlds beside.

This, this is the God we adore,

Our faithful, unchangeable Friend,

Whose love is as great as His power,

And neither knows measure nor end.

'Tis Jesus, the first and the last,

Whose Spirit shall guide us safe home;

We'll praise Him for all that is past,

And trust Him for all that's to come.

-Joseph Hart

Then this morning, I read the following in Philippians 4:5-7:

The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

These are familiar verses, but the first five words really jumped out at me. They make all the difference! "The Lord is at hand!" The infinite God, who is beyond comprehension or measurement and has infinite love for me as well, he is at hand. He is the answer to the question, "why not be anxious?" The following sentences about not being anxious, praying, thanksgiving, peace beyond understanding, a heart and mind guarded in Christ, these are all the more powerful and encouraging precisely because "the Lord is at hand." What wonderful truth to be grounded in at the beginning of the day. Thank you, Father.

photo: Baltic Sea near Hamburg, Germany 2007