“How Big Is God in Your Life?”

[Hubi]

 

Dear brothers and sisters,

One day, a little boy looked up at his father and asked him a question that sounded so simple… and yet was so deep:

“Daddy… how big is God?”

The father did not answer immediately.
He looked up into the sky.
There, high above, an airplane was flying—far away, barely visible among the clouds.

He pointed upward and asked his son:

“How big is that airplane?”

The little boy looked up and said:

“Very small, Daddy… almost impossible to see.”

Then the father took him by the hand and brought him to the airport.

There they stood directly beside a huge airplane.
The boy looked up in amazement, his eyes growing wide.

And his father asked:

“And now? How big is it now?”

The little boy said in awe:

“Daddy… it is huge! You can’t miss it!”

Then the father knelt down beside him and said:

“That is how God is. Depending on how close you are to Him, that is how big He becomes in your life.”

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Dear brothers and sisters…

isn’t that one of the most beautiful truths we can learn about Jehovah?

Because Jehovah does not change in size.

HE always remains the same.
Infinitely great.
Infinitely powerful.
Infinitely loving.

But how big HE appears to us…
often depends on…

how close we are to Him.

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There may be times in our life when Jehovah feels so close.
So real.
So loving.

We feel His guidance.
We see His hand.
We sense His peace.

But then there are also other times…

Times full of pain.
Times full of worries.
Times full of tears.

Times when problems suddenly seem bigger than our faith.
When fears seem bigger than our hope.
And when difficulties seem bigger than our trust.

And in such moments…

Jehovah can seem to us—figuratively speaking—as small as that distant airplane.

Not because HE has become smaller…

but because we have drifted away.

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Let us read James 4:8

“Draw close to God, and he will draw close to you.”

Notice:

Jehovah does not say:

“Maybe.”
“Possibly.”
“Sometimes.”

No.

He promises:

“If you take one step toward me… I will take one toward you.”

What a loving God.

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But why do people sometimes drift away from Jehovah?

Not always out of wickedness.

Often it happens very slowly.

Through stress.
Through worries.
Through disappointments.
Through hurt.

Maybe we still pray… but not with the same heart.

Maybe we still read… but not with the same depth.

Maybe we still attend meetings… but inside we feel far away.

And suddenly…

we realize:

“Jehovah used to feel closer to me…”

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Perhaps someone here today…

feels exactly that way.

Outwardly everything looks normal.

But deep in your heart you wonder:

“Where is Jehovah right now? Why don’t I feel Him the way I used to?”

If that is how you feel…

Jehovah lovingly wants to tell you today:

“I did not leave.”

“I am still here.”

“I am only waiting for you to come closer again.”

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Think about Psalm 34:18

“Jehovah is close to the brokenhearted.”

Not to those who are perfect.
Not to those who have everything together.
Not to those who never struggle.

But to those with a broken heart.

Those who cry at night.
Those who fight battles inside.
Those who sometimes wonder if they are still strong enough.

Jehovah is especially close to those ones.

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Sometimes we think:

“If Jehovah only knew how broken I feel inside…”

But Jehovah says:

“Precisely because I know how broken you are, I am near you.”

Isn’t that comforting?

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Maybe someone today feels like a little child in the storm of life.

Everything is too much.

The pain.
The responsibility.
The disappointment.
The loneliness.

And you ask yourself:

“Jehovah, where are You?”

But perhaps Jehovah lovingly asks back:

“My child… where are you?”

“Because I have not moved away.”

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Do you know what this reminds me of?

Peter.

When he walked on water.

As long as his eyes were fixed on Jesus…
his faith was greater than his fear.

But the moment he looked at the wind and the waves…

he began to sink.

Why?

Because suddenly the problem seemed bigger than the Savior.

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And isn’t that sometimes true for us?

When we constantly look only at problems…
only at worries…
only at pain…

those things eventually seem bigger than Jehovah.

But they ARE NOT bigger.

They only seem bigger…

because our focus has changed.

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That is why we read Psalm 121:1,2

“I raise my eyes toward the mountains. From where will my help come? My help comes from Jehovah.”

How beautiful.

The psalmist did not say:

“I stare at my problems.”

He said:

“I raise my eyes.”

In other words:

“I lift my focus upward again.”

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And perhaps that is exactly what is needed today.

That someone lifts their eyes again.

Away from fear.
Away from worries.
Away from self-doubt.

And back to Jehovah.

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Because the closer we come to Jehovah…

the bigger He becomes to us again.

Then His love becomes bigger than our guilt.

Then His strength becomes bigger than our weakness.

Then His hope becomes bigger than our fear.

Then His peace becomes bigger than our pain.

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And that does not mean problems disappear.

But it does mean:

Jehovah becomes bigger than the problems.

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Imagine a small child afraid of a barking dog.

As long as the child stands alone before it, the dog seems huge.

But the moment the father lifts the child into his arms…

everything changes.

The dog did not get smaller.

But suddenly the child feels safe.

Why?

Because now someone bigger is with him.

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That is how it is with Jehovah.

Our problems do not always disappear immediately.

But when Jehovah carries us…

our problems lose their power over our heart.

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Let us read in closing Isaiah 41:10

“Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not be anxious, for I am your God. I will fortify you, yes, I will help you, I will really hold on to you with my right hand of righteousness.”

What loving words.

Jehovah does not simply say:

“I see you.”

He says:

“I am holding you.”

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Dear brothers and sisters,

if Jehovah seems small to you today…

if you barely feel Him right now…

if worries seem bigger than your faith…

that does not mean Jehovah has gone away.

It may simply mean:

You need to come closer to Him again.

In prayer.
In His Word.
Through meditation.
Through trust.

Because the closer you come to Jehovah…

the bigger He becomes in your heart.

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And one day you will look back and say:

“My problems were great…
but my God was greater.”

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Never forget:

Jehovah has never become smaller.

The only question is:

How close are you to Him right now?

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If you stay close to Him…

His comfort will be greater than your pain.
His love greater than your doubts.
His strength greater than your weakness.

And then every day you will feel anew:

God is huge… you cannot miss Him.

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Thank you very much.