Tuesday,
August 28, 2018
Please
enjoy this “classic” devotional
DESCRIBE
YOUR GOD TO ME!
Let’s
say
I walk up to you on the street or, more likely in the mall, and tell you that I
am desperately interested in finding the true God. I am, however, very confused
and would like you to help me find the one true God out of all the
possibilities swirling around me. I tell you that you look like the kind of
person I would like to become and I want to find your God. Please describe your God to me.
Now,
before you begin
with a list of memorized characteristics, remember that I want to know your
very own description and perception of Him. Who is He and what is
He to you personally? OK, go!
It’s
not so easy is it?
Not because you can’t do it but because you find yourself embarrassed at your
own definitions. Your relationship with a personal God seems weak and selfish.
Perhaps you have subscribed to the “Santa Claus” God who looks the other way
when you sin and gives you stuff when you pray. Is this the kind of God you
want to present to this desperately seeking person? Let me see if I can help by
sharing portions of the Bible.
1.
GOD IS NEAR – NOT FAR AWAY!
Deut 4:7
7
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them,
as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
2.
HE IS THE ONLY GOD!
Deut 6:4-5
4
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
5
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy might.
Acts 4:11-12
11
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the
head of the corner.
12
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under
heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
If
you think about it,
monotheism is the only method that makes sense. If God is God then He stands
alone. It is called “The Law of Exclusion.” God, if He really is God, excludes
all other competitors.
3.
GOD IS HOLY!
Ps 99:9
9
Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is
holy.
The
root word
for “holy” indicates One that is pure, clean, moral and sacred. He should not, therefore,
be thought of or treated like “one of the guys,” or the “man upstairs!” He
does not run with me – I am invited to travel with Him. He does not
bend to my fashion – I am challenged to change my garments and make
them white in the Blood of the Lamb!
Eph 4:22-24
Put
off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according
to the deceitful lusts;
23
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and
true holiness.
4.
HE IS A GOOD GOD!
Ps 100
100:1
A Psalm of praise.
Make
a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
2
Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
3
Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we
ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be
thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5
For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and
his truth endureth to all generations.
1 Peter 3:15
15
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an
answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in
you with meekness and fear:
Dear
Lord, let me not squeeze you into my hand made mold but let me know you and
serve you as you truly are. AMEN
