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This morning I have been chewing on a passage of Scripture, and a thought brought to light by John Piper.  In the poetic work that Job pens, Eliphaz says of God, “As for me, I would seek God, and to God would commit my cause, who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:he gives rain on the earth and sends water on the fields . . .”  (Job 5:8-10)  

I can understand what Piper means when, at first glance, it seems that something more significant, or majestic, or even mysterious than rain could have been given as an illustration of “great things” . . . or “unsearchable, marvelous.”  But isn’t that just it for us many times?  Don’t we just carelessly glance at all that God has done and is doing?  We take for granted things like rain, and fail to see the wonder behind it.  We expect the sun to come up; the moon to shine; the stars to shimmer; leaves to change colors.  I could go on, but I think you get the point.  When’s the last time you saw the sun set while driving home, or as you sat on the front porch, or gazed out your window, and instead of thinking that it was a beautiful sight thought to yourself, “Wow, God, how do you do it?  That is amazing!”?  It’s a tragic thing when God’s ways and wonders become all too familiar to us.  

Here’s what I’ve learned this morning from my time of listening to God’s voice:  our understanding of His majesty and splendor is magnified as we meditate on, chew on, think on, struggle with Him and His ways.  It’s not that He is magnified–He’s already magnified in that He cannot be anymore majestic, splendid, and glorious than He already is.  But we ascribe glory to Him as our understanding of who He is deepens through meditating on His Word and His wonders.  So, let it rain, and may we meditate deeply.  Let it rain, and let us proclaim that there is no God like our God.  He is incomparable and matchless.  No one is His equal.  His ways are unsearchable and marvelous.  Today I pray we are left breathless and in awe of His wonder.