I Am The LORD Thy GOD (Part V)

God is the God Almighty, the El Shaddai that told Abraham in Genesis 17:1 to walk before Him and be blameless. The LORD has a place prepared Himself and for those in His kingdom. (Ps 103:19) Why? I am told in Psalms 145:12, “To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His kingdom.” He doesn’t have to, but all He does is to demonstrate His greatness. To demonstrate to those that He has a kingdom that is unlike any other on earth. (John 18:36) His power is that He transcends all worlds. He knows all things. He has created all things. And He built a kingdom for His people, both of the House of Jacob (Luke 1:33) and later the church (Matt 16:28, Matt 6:10) It is so important that as a Christian, I live as though I am under His kingship, because I am under His kingship. His kingdom is the church, which transcends any human kingdom. Think of it, right now, right here on earth, those who have come to Him and say they believe Him are in His kingdom. Already. Those who believe in Him have that opportunity because we are His portion, (Deut 32:9, Is 62:12) He walks and talks with us, (Ezek 43:7), and we are His building in which He dwells. (1 Peter 2:5) He knows we are going to sin, and if we are adamant about it He will give us what we want, which only leads to our destruction. (Jer 12:11) But to those who believe on Him, His strength helps us to live through captivity. (Ps 78:61) We are His temple, as Paul speaks of in 1 Cor 3:16,17. “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.” Much as the physical temple was in existence before Christ, it is now an internal spiritual one, because in God we are a new creation. (2 Cor 5:17-20) God never intended for us not to be conjoined to Him, but because of our free will, which He allows us to make choices we often choose to go the wrong way. And so many times when we bring idols into our temple and do not worship Him as He wants us to, we forget whose body this is. (2 Cor 6:16) We forget He is on the throne, not us. We forget that He can and will destroy those who are not obedient to Him. (Matt 21:41) We forget that He gives us over to our own desires and we are laid open for satan. (Rev 3:9) And God is in control. Isaiah 55:1-13 so aptly describes how God will care for and take care of all who He supplies, all who need comfort. He will protect, He will provide leadership, and He forms His people into a nation. Truly, one nation under Him. He also commands those in need to look for Him and to look to Him. He tells me and others to seek Him, not just when we are in trouble, but always. He tells me and others to repent of evil thoughts as well as evil doings, to put aside selfishness, to love justice and mercy and to be fair to all and to walk humbly before God. God indeed looks for this and will bless me in this if I do as He says. He wants me to realize that He is in control, not just say it.