Bibledoorajar: How Great is Our God?

     The children of Israel got over their snake bites and marched on. They arrived and encamped in passes in the wilderness facing Moab. What happened there is described in Numbers 21 as having been recorded by poets in the Book of the Wars of Hashem. Specifically, the book records a section about what happened with the rivers of Arnon as God delivered His people from attack. As His people marched along, they were unaware that the Amorites had planned a surprise ambush near the border of Moab. They hid in caves and prepared to push huge borders down on God's people as they passed through unbeknownst of the danger. But then Hashem revealed His powerful abilities that far exceeded the powers of the Amorites and their god. He caused the cliffs filled with the caves to shift and the miraculous well from which He had always given water to His people poured through with great intensity. Soon God's people looked and saw the blood of those crushed coming down toward them and in looking realized the great power and victory of their God. They broke into a song of honor for their God.

     In 2004, Chris Tomlin broke into song and entitled it How Great is Our God. The song won two Dove Awards and is still sung in countless congregations of the Lord in our country.
Tomlin calls the listener to sing with him so all will see how great is our God. It is thrilling and fulfilling to realize that from the time described in Numbers until now, God's people are still singing about how great He is. From here to eternity!

"The splendor of a King, clothed in majesty
Let all the earth rejoice
All the earth rejoice
He wraps himself in Light, and darkness tries to hide
And trembles at His voice
Trembles at His voice

How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God

Age to age He stands
And time is in His hands
Beginning and the end.........."