ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 TOKONAKI SUNE 27, 2026

SAAME 103-105; SIUTA 24-25 

No greatness in the universe compares to the awesome, magnificent, expansive greatness of the Lord.

Take time to allow your heart to grasp and luxuriate in the words of Psalm 104 and in the grandeur of the God they portray:

Bless the LORD, O my soul!

O LORD my God, you are very great!

You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

covering yourself with light as with a garment,

stretching out the heavens like a tent.

He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters;

he makes the clouds his chariot;

he rides on the wings of the wind;

he makes his messengers winds,

his ministers a flaming fire.

He set the earth on its foundations,

so that it should never be moved.

You covered it with the deep as with a garment;

the waters stood above the mountains.

At your rebuke they fled;

at the sound of your thunder they took to flight.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down

to the place that you appointed for them.

You set a boundary that they may not pass.

so that they might not again cover the earth. (Ps. 104:1-9)

We use the word great too casually. We talk about great games, great burgers, great shoes, and so on. We use this word so frequently and casually that it has nearly lost its meaning. But the God portrayed in Psalm 104 is magnificent and glorious. Nothing compares to him. He sits in majesty above all that he has created. He controls everything that exists. If anything were to bring you to your knees in awe, wonder, and worship, it should be him. Nothing else possesses his splendor. No one rivals his wisdom. Nothing compares to his power. No one can challenge his rule. The created world does his bidding. The Lord Almighty defines greatness. May awe of him shape and direct everything you think, desire, and do. And though I have quoted a few verses here, I encourage you to read the entire psalm.

Because God is this magnificently glorious, then what follows should be the

response of each and every one of us:

May the glory of the LORD endure forever;

may the LORD rejoice in his works,

who looks on the earth and it trembles,

who touches the mountains and they smoke!

I will sing to the LORD as long as I live;

I will sing praise to my God while I have being.

May my meditation be pleasing to him,

for I rejoice in the LORD.

Let sinners be consumed from the earth,

and let the wicked be no more!

Bless the LORD, O my soul!

Praise the LORD! (Ps. 104:31-35)

How do you know when your heart has been captured by the glorious greatness of God? He will own your songs, he will be the subject of your meditation, and you will hate evil. So what makes you sing? How often do you meditate on the grandeur and glory of your Lord? Do you hate sin and what it does to your life? Happily, his empowering grace makes you able.