above

The Lord is high above all nations,

and his glory above the heavens!

Psalm 113:4

Nothing is bigger than God. Not a thing is beyond Him. He is LORD of all, above all, in control of all. None of the actions of mankind in all the nations of all the world is outside His sovereign control. Nothing is secret from the LORD. Nothing surprises Him. God is in complete control of the world. Nothing done by humanity changes that. God rules us.

God created all that is. Every particle of an immeasurably vast universe was made by Him. Each action and reaction of the chemistry of the universe is overseen by Him. No icy rock drifting in interstellar space would avoid His direct control. He knows and controls all that He has made. Even the nuclear reaction in the heart of a star is His doing. A vast nebula is not more glorious. Seemingly endless strings of galaxies stretching across the void of space so broad we see no end to the end, all these spin and glow at His command. And not one of them is more glorious than God. His glory is most glorious. God rules the universe.

Yet the God Who is above us came to us in Jesus. The God whose glory is greater than all the combined glory of billions of suns, sent His glory to us in His Son. And we beheld His glory — full of grace and truth! God is above all, rules all, but makes His glory and grace known to all... visible in Jesus! And that is the great wonder that for believers rules our hearts!