Jeremiah 33:2-3

‘Thus says the LORD who made it, the LORD who formed it to establish it (the LORD is His name): ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’’ (Jeremiah 33:2-3)

Powerful words! The LORD makes a promise to Jeremiah, and I believe to every one of us, that if we call to Him (ie. Pray), He will answer us, showing us great and mighty things that we do not know. This shows three things about God:

1. He is powerful – ‘show you great and mighty things’. He must be indeed extremely powerful for Him to show us great and mighty things. In fact, He is all-powerful. He is omnipotent. He created the whole universe (the universe being a pretty insanely big and intensely complex place). Another way to look at it is that He has more power than the universe (having created it) and therefore by definition has infinite power over it. Never worry that God may not be able to work something in your life. That is absolutely nothing for Him to do. If He can make a star, or order the DNA in your body, then He can do absolutely anything else that you may need.
2. He is faithful – ‘I will answer you’. God promises that He will always do right by us. If we are walking in the Spirit and ask something of Him in prayer, He will answer it. In fact I heard when I was at Bundaberg that George Mueller, the famous British Christian who had a lot to do with orphanages used to write down every single prayer request he made, and when it was answered. Apparently he had been praying for a good friend of his to become a Christian for 27 years. The man he prayed for finally became a Christian at Mueller’s funeral. It is also said that over 1000 of his recorded prayers were answered within a day. God is faithful!
3. He is beyond our comprehension, and chooses to be – ‘which you do not know’. God is both beyond our comprehension, as the Creator of an infinitely complex universe, and chooses to express Himself in often incomprehensible ways. God is beyond us. We will never understand who He is completely. His love is wider and deeper than we can ever realise. Above that, He often chooses to answer our prayers in ways we would never expect. He does good for us that we can’t see. This glorifies Him, as the only One worthy of praise. If we could understand Him, we could be almost like Him. But we will never understand.

What a wonderful God we serve! Never forget who God is, and on that remembrance, never cease to pray!