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"My God's ______er Than Your God."


In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever. (Psalm 44:8) 

            "My dad's ______er than your dad." Isn't that the way kids used to boast? Maybe some still do. As Christians, why don't we say "My God is ____________er than your god"? Granted, boasting is seen as arrogance. Granted, some people aren't comfortable with acting as if there is a competition. All the excuses you care to mention are probably true. I suspect, however, that we don't say it because we're afraid God will not show up and perform if we put him on a stage and turn the spotlight in His direction. I'm not afraid He can't measure up (and more than "measure up".) I'm afraid He won't.
        I'm trying to think like the three mee who were thrown into the fiery furnace. They told the king that God could save them, but even if He didn't, they would not bow down to the king's image.  They were right. God saved them and as a result, the king didn't demand that they bow down. Had God allowed them to die, they would have been dead and therefore could not have bowed down. Either way, they won. I have to wonder to how many decrees after that the king added, "except them" or "except the Jews." 
            I don't have the courage or faith to make a challenge on God's behalf, but I have faith that  God will win any challenge He chooses to accept. I can still boast in God all day long, because historically, there is no god who has done the smallest fraction of what God has done. Look through history. You'll see. Then you can boast, too.

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