Sunday's Hymn: God as Infinite

Last Sunday’s hymn from Isaac Watts spoke of God’s eternality. God’s eternality is an aspect of his infinite nature, and today’s hymn (this one, too, from Isaac Watts), relates God’s infinite nature to several 0f his attributes—his eternality, his omnipotence, his omniscience and his asceity (or self-existence).

Great God, How Infinite Art Thou!

 

Great God, how infinite art Thou!
What worthless worms are we!
Let the whole race of creatures bow,
And pay their praise to Thee.

Thy throne eternal ages stood,
Ere seas or stars were made:
Thou art the ever living God,
Were all the nations dead.

Nature and time quite naked lie
To Thine immense survey,
From the formation of the sky
To the great burning day.

Eternity, with all its years,
Stands present in Thy view;
To Thee there’s nothing old appears;
Great God! There’s nothing new.

Our lives through various scenes are drawn,
And vexed with trifling cares;
While Thine eternal thought moves on
Thine undisturbed affairs.

Great God, how infinite art Thou!
What worthless worms are we!
Let the whole race of creatures bow,
And pay their praise to Thee.

That God is infinite means that we owe him worship because he is in every way greater than we are, and in a class by himself. It also means that we can be secure in his promises to us, for there is no limit in his ability to accomplish whatever he determines do.

More on God as infinite:

• God’s Infinity
  

Other hymns, worship songs, etc. posted today:

• Blest Jesus, When Thy Cross I View at joythruChrist
• The Collect for the Epiphany at Magic Statistics
• We Three Kings at The Happy Wonderer
• Lord’s Day 1, 2007 at The Thirsty Theologian
  
• All People that on Earth Do Dwell at Hiraeth
  
• My Faith Looks Up to Thee at Seasoning of the Heart
• Lord, Teach Us How to Pray Aright at Whatever Things…
• Will Your Anchor Hold at Home, but not alone
  

Have you posted a hymn this Sunday and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by emailing me at the address in the sidebar and I’ll add your post to the list.