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Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. (Genesis 1:26)

Wayne Grudem states it like this regarding the trinity. “In one sense, the doctrine of the Trinity is a mystery that we will never be able to fully understand. However, we can understand something of its truth by summarizing the teaching of Scripture in three statements  1. God is three persons, 2. Each person is fully God. 3. There is one God.” ("Bible Doctrine," Grudem, p.120)

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. (Deuteronomy 6:4)

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Job 11:7-9 (ESV) states, “Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty? It is higher than heaven—what can you do? Deeper than Sheol—what can you know? Its measure is longer than the earth and broader than the sea.”

Our God is deeper than the deepest oceans and more vast than outer space. Psalm 145:3 (ESV) “Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.” 

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John Piper states, “God created the world to display the worth of his glory. The whole world is full of his glory. God created us to enjoy that glory, to reflect his glory, and to live in it as a people who treasure him above all things.” (Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist (1986)). 

God’s creation is magnificent in its beauty from the beautiful sky and oceans down to a small frog hopping on the sidewalk. His greatness is truly unsearchable and amazing. Marvel today at God’s beautiful work as you drive in to work or sit on your porch. 

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And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. (Philippians 1:6) May we trust Christ this day and all days that He will be faithful to complete the work He began in us. 
 
 To God Be the Glory!

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Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?  (Matthew 6:25-26)

God provides for the birds. He will surely provide for you. Take a moment and think of all the ways God has provided for you in your life.  You could take the rest of the day listing the ways. And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19) (ESV)
 
God provides for our needs, not out of scarcity, but from the abundance of His glory in Christ. We can trust His provision in all seasons of our lives. 

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God has no beginning or end. He always was, is and will be. This is hard for us to understand as we have finite minds and God is infinite.  Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. (Psalm 90:2)

Steve Lawson states, God is independent of all creation and eternally self-sufficient. Before anything was made, God already existed. He requires nothing outside of Himself to be complete, for He is infinite in every aspect, including His eternality.” — Steve Lawson, Show Me Your Glory: Understanding the Majestic Splendor of God.

Isaiah 40:28: “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.”

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Wayne Grudem defines mercy in this way: mercy is defined as “God’s goodness toward those in distress,” highlighting God’s compassionate and loving response to human suffering and sin. Grudem explains that mercy is distinct from grace.. Mercy involves God withholding deserved punishment and showing compassion, often associated with forgiveness and alleviation of human misery.  (Grudem, Wayne. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. Zondervan, 1994.)

Psalm 103:8; “The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.

Ephesians 2:4-5 ; “But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.”

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Psalm 34:8; “Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.”

We see God’s goodness throughout the Bible. Nahum 1:7 states, The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him. We see God’s goodness to us in His Son.  Jesus loves us, cares for us and is always with us. We can rejoice that God showed us mercy, not giving us what we deserve. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ by grace you have been saved (Ephesians 2:4-5). 

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God is faithful! Always! Period. There has never or will ever be a time when God is unfaithful.  The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” (Lamentations 3:22-24)

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 God is in absolute control of the universe. Paul states, And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent (Colossians 1:17-18). God makes His decisions at His divine pleasure, which is always right and good. God’s sovereignty is most beautifully seen in the life of His saints throughout redemptive history.

John Piper states, “God does all things according to His sovereign will, and nothing can frustrate or change His eternal purposes. Every event in the universe, from the most insignificant to the grandest, serves His designs and is in His control.” The Pleasures of God, Chapter 2: The Pleasure of God in All He Does.