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Jim Carey was in a movie called Bruce Almighty. Carey played Bruce, and God was played by Morgan Freeman. 

In short, Bruce complained to God that he wasn’t doing his job very well. So, in a kind of cosmic experiment, God gave his powers to Bruce to see if he could do any better. He got to spend several days with God’s power. (Only in the movies!)

As you can imagine, it didn’t go very well. Bruce started to use his new powers to advance his own selfish agenda. He got himself better clothes. He schemed to have a co-worker demoted and himself promoted. He also did things to improve the romance in his life! 

Although things seemed to initially improve in his personal life, that didn’t last for very long. Plus, things in the wider world were quickly deteriorating. 

Over time, Bruce realized the error of his ways. Things only started getting better when he brought his life back into alignment with the kinds of things God wanted—like helping that poor guy on the street, like being honest with his wife, like putting others first, and like actually trusting God to know what’s best. 

The Bible is full of praise about the greatness of God. I particularly like Psalm 145:3: “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.” His greatness is quite literally beyond both comprehension and description.

This verse (and others) is a reminder that God is doing a better job at being God than we could ever do. He governs with wisdom. He loves with patience. And he rules with justice.

Why, therefore, do we so often try to push him to the sidelines?

Today, let’s remember the greatness of God. We may not always understand everything that is happening, and there may be intimidating things about our lives and about the world, but the Lord who has governed human history with grace and truth since the dawn of time, will continue to shepherd, forgive, strengthen and guide his people. 

Let’s trust the only One who is qualified for God’s job.

“Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.”

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Notes:

–Ministry Announcement: I’m looking for one (or three) individuals to help expand the online reach of ‘The Pulse Podcast with Matthew Ruttan’ and ‘The Up Daily Devotional.’ Click here to learn more in the one-page explanation. 

-“The Fight’s Been Fixed” Click here. Easter sermon on Luke 24:1-49.

-Bible quotes are from the ESV.