Will All See How Great is Our God and Is Our God Awesome?

Yesterday during closing worship we sang the Chris Tomlin song “How Great is Our God?”

One of the verses is “and all will see how great, how great is our God.”  I started wondering do people here in the United States see how great is our God?  Do people in North Korea see how great is our God?

Then we sang our closing song, “Awesome God.”

I soon found myself unable to sing.  I know theologically what these songs mean, at least I think I do.

But do we even comprehend really what a great God is, what an awesome God is?

Did Robert Park understand what an awesome God is when he crossed the border of North Korea proclaiming that God loves Kim Jong Il, a man responsible for some of the most heinous crimes on earth?  Do North Koreans understand that as they are tortured for wanting food?  Do North Korean Christians understand it while they are dying, wondering if anyone cares, if their brothers and sisters in Christ around the world ever prayed for them?

Someone once said the hardest place to be a Christian is in the U.S.A. because it’s too easy.  He might be right.  Though we sing how great and awesome God is our God is so small, a God for job security, healthy children and comfortable living.

An awesome and mighty God sets the captives free, lifts up the down-trodden, and proclaims his greatness for all nations to see.  That is an awesome and mighty God and that is what we should sing, worship and pray for.