The infinite distance between us and our holy Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer

(Charles Simeon)  LISTEN to Audio!  Download Audio

"Can a mortal be more righteous than God?
 Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
 If God places no trust in His servants,
 if He charges His angels with error,
 how much more those who live in houses of clay,
 whose foundations are in the dust,
 who are crushed more readily than a moth!" Job 4:17-19

We must ever bear in mind the infinite distance between us and our holy Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer.

He is the great, the incomprehensible God!
You are poor sinful worms crushed before the moth!

He is the eternal and infinitely wise God!
"You are of yesterday, and know nothing!"

Get but a proper understanding of the infinite distance between you and God, and you will take your proper place at His footstool.
You will receive whatever He shall speak in His blessed Word, with humility and confidence.
You will trust Him for acting with unerring wisdom and goodness, even when His dispensations are most dark and mysterious.
You will be submissive to His chastisements, and obedient to His will as revealed in His Word.
Your insignificance as creatures will constrain you to bow before Him, and to say, "He is the LORD! let Him do what is good in His eyes!" 1 Samuel 3:18

Your vileness as sinners will make you to regard every mercy you enjoy with unbounded gratitude; and especially that greatest of all mercies--the gift of his only dear Son to die for your sins.
With what wonder and admiration you will embrace His astonishing salvation.
With what simplicity of mind you will live by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ!
With what zeal and diligence you will devote yourselves to His service!

We say again: If only God is exalted in your eyes, and you are abased in the dust--then God will be glorified, and your souls be blessed both in time and eternity!