The Transcendency of God

“Your righteousness, O God, is very high, You who have done great things; O God, who is like You?” [1]

God is Creator and Sustainer of all things. He keeps planets, stars, sun, and moon in place. He oversees animals while they give birth to their young. He knows the birds of the air and the fish of sea. He made them and sustains them. There is no one comparable to God.

And yet, the Lord is very patient with those who disregard Him and His ways. He bore with great long-suffering the evil deeds of the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. And when He did decide to judge them, He remembered the prayers of Abraham for his nephew Lot who lived there.

Lot was unaware of what was about to happen when two angels arrived. He was sitting at the gate of his city. He bowed to them and invited them to lodge at his house. They were reluctant to do so, but after he strongly insisted, they did so. He baked for them and they ate. However, before dawn, the angels urged Lot to get his family out of the city. He was reluctant to leave, so the angels grabbed his hand, his wife’s hand and his two daughters’ hands and led them outside the city. The Bible says, “The Lord being merciful to him.”

One angel said to him, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.” Lot still did not realize the severity of the moment. He asked the angels for permission to flee to a city instead of to the mountain. The angel gave him permission. He fled. Then, brimstone and fire fell from the Lord. [2]

“And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.” [3]

Abraham had prayed for Lot. The Lord heard his prayers.

“The fear of the Lord prolongs days, but the years of the wicked will be shortened.” [4]

It is a blessing from God to have a revelation of who He is and what He can do. He gives us the air we breathe. He keeps our heart beating. He gave His Son to die for our sins on the cross. He does so much for us daily. We do well to regard what He says to us in the Bible.

Jesus spoke of Sodom to His disciples. He said that circumstances would be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for a city that rejected their message. [5]

In the same discussion, He said, “There is nothing covered that will not be revealed and hidden that will not be known.” He urged them, “Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” He was quite plain about the outcomes for those who confess Him and those who deny Him. He said, “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.” [6]

“Dear Heavenly Father, please forgive us for the many times that we have disregarded You and Your Word. We do believe and confess You to be Creator and Sustainer of the universe. We confess that all creation is Yours to do with as You see right to do. We confess and believe that Your Son Jesus Christ is the only way to be saved from the consequences of sin. Please have mercy on us, and on our nation, O Lord, our Rock, and our Redeemer. For in Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.”

[1] Psalm 71:19
[2] Genesis 19:1-25
[3] Genesis 19:29
[4] Proverbs 10:27
[5] Matthew 10:13-15
[6] Matthew 10:26, 28, 32-33