{"id":5902,"date":"2016-10-21T21:48:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T01:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/?p=5902"},"modified":"2020-05-01T18:55:53","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T22:55:53","slug":"when-compared-to-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/2016\/10\/21\/when-compared-to-god\/","title":{"rendered":"When Compared To God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wouldn&#8217;t you just&nbsp;LOVE to know what was going through Branson&#8217;s mind yesterday when he came face-to-face with this giant??? Ol&#8217; Smoky Bear sure was towering over our lil buddy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/BransonSmokyBear.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5903\" alt=\"bransonsmokybear\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/BransonSmokyBear.jpg?resize=768%2C1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/BransonSmokyBear.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/BransonSmokyBear.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/BransonSmokyBear.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/BransonSmokyBear.jpg?w=2880 2880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the years, I&#8217;ve come face-to-face with some &#8220;giants&#8221; in my Christian life. If you&#8217;ve been saved for very long at all, I know you can relate. When we experience these times of testing &#8211; where the trial is unbelievably HUGE and seemingly impossible to conquer &#8211; we must remember there is absolutely NOTHING too big for God to handle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Is there a &#8220;giant&#8221; towering over you?&nbsp;What is going through your mind? Are you remembering:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>&#8220;Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nothing<\/span> too hard for thee:&#8221;&nbsp;Jeremiah 32:17<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This evening, compare your&nbsp;giant to God.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I like&nbsp;how the author put it when he wrote the words to the following song:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>When Compared To God<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Israelites were filled with fright<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As Goliath started toward them<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Compared to man, this giant stood so tall<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But David said, my God has led me here to defeat him<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So don\u2019t compare him to me, let\u2019s compare him to God<\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>When compared to God, everything\u2019s small<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>There\u2019s no giant that compares at all<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>To the Holy One who sits upon His throne<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>So when you come to face a mountain so high<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>One glimpse of God brings it down to size<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Satan will flee; you\u2019ll gain victory<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>When you compare it to God<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Oh, my friend, do you fear within<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As your giant marches closer?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Do you know within your heart you cannot win?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Just have the faith of David\u2019s day and shout<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cMy God is bigger\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You\u2019ll find there\u2019s nothing on earth that compares to Him<\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>When compared to God, everything\u2019s small<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>There\u2019s no giant that compares at all<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>To the Holy One who sits upon His throne<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>So when you come to face a mountain so high<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>One glimpse of God brings it down to size<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Satan will flee; you\u2019ll gain victory<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>When you compare it to God<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;(Rodney Griffin)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wouldn&#8217;t you just&nbsp;LOVE to know what was going through Branson&#8217;s mind yesterday when he came face-to-face with this giant??? Ol&#8217; Smoky Bear sure was towering over our lil buddy. Over the years, I&#8217;ve come face-to-face with some &#8220;giants&#8221; in my Christian life. If you&#8217;ve been saved for very long at all, I know you can relate. When we experience these times of testing &#8211; where the trial is unbelievably HUGE and seemingly impossible to conquer &#8211; we must remember there is absolutely NOTHING too big for God to handle. Is there a &#8220;giant&#8221; towering over you?&nbsp;What is going through your mind? Are you remembering: &#8220;Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:&#8221;&nbsp;Jeremiah 32:17 This evening, compare your&nbsp;giant to God. I like&nbsp;how the author put it when he wrote the words to the following song: When Compared To God The Israelites were filled with fright As Goliath started toward them Compared to man, this giant stood so tall But David said, my God has led me here to defeat him So don\u2019t compare him to me, let\u2019s compare him to God &nbsp; When compared to God, everything\u2019s small There\u2019s no giant that compares at all To the Holy One who sits upon His throne So when you come to face a mountain so high One glimpse of God brings it down to size Satan will flee; you\u2019ll gain victory When you compare it to God &nbsp; Oh, my friend, do you fear within As your giant marches closer? Do you know within your heart you cannot win? Just have the faith of David\u2019s day and shout \u201cMy God is bigger\u201d You\u2019ll find there\u2019s nothing on earth that compares to Him &nbsp; When compared to God, everything\u2019s small There\u2019s no giant that compares at all To the Holy One who sits upon His throne So when you come to face a mountain so high One glimpse of God brings it down to size Satan will flee; you\u2019ll gain victory When you compare it to God &nbsp;&nbsp;(Rodney Griffin)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[47,26,73,3,53,5,11,72,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comfort","category-courage","category-discouragement","category-faith","category-fear","category-photos","category-song","category-strength","category-trials"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4o6C2-1xc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5902"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9618,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5902\/revisions\/9618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}