I am the Lord Your God (part 3)

God is in control, even to the minutest detail no matter who is in the picture.  In Genesis 35:1 He gives Jacob specific details about building an altar. He even tells the Israelites how they should prepare sacrifices. (Exodus 23:17-18), all because of the representation of the Passover meal. And He is always calling the shots. In Exodus 34:23, He uses the number 3 to represent Himself as a triune so that people recognize that He is all powerful. Indeed He is more powerful than His people think He is and He is multi-dimensional. He commands respect; He commands that His people know Him (not of Him, but Him); He commands that His people come to Him and listen to Him. (Deuteronomy 12:5-7, 11-12) Moses reminds His people of this. He reminds God’s elect that God has their backs. (Exodus 16:6-8). In the same way He has my back. He had a plan for the Israelites, He had and has a plan for His church and He has a plan for me all personally.

God desires me. He as King wants me and considers me beautiful. (Psalms  45:11). And I am exhorted to give Him His due. He as King has given me so much. (Psalm 76:11) He as King wants me to recognize His glory, beauty, and power. (Psalm 96:8-9).

I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD (part 2)

God’s people will come and do come now from every where. (Micah 4:2) And those people will rejoice in Him. And He is the most worthy of reverence and respect. (Habakkuk 2:20) God brings all those with a contrite heart into His throne room. (Zephaniah 3:18)

Jesus kept His focus on God during His temptation (Luke 4:8) and that is what God wants us to do during all trials. And Jesus says the time will come when we will all worship in His Spirit of truth and wisdom. (John 4:22-23) After all God made us all, and He has rulership over all of us. (Acts 17:23-24) He is Father, He is God, He is all wonderful God, He is holy. And He wants us to glorify His Name. When all is said and done and His believers gather in heaven, we will worship Him in His Spirit. (Revelations 15:4)

I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD

God rewarded the Israelites with His presence in 2 Chronicles 7:1 He also consumed the sacrifices according to His promises. But the people still could not look upon Him. Not even the priests could enter into His glory. But we, as His royal priesthood and because of Christ, can enter into His glory. And when we pray these go up to the holy place. (2 Chronicles 30:27)  And there was, and is now, an atmosphere of joy and gratefulness. (Ezra 3:10-13).

Only God is worthy of the glory and worship of the beauty of His holiness (Psalm 29:2). And He is worthy of our gratitude/ (Psalm 35:18). And God is holy and pure, and He causes His people to be thus. (Psalm 93:5). After all, God promised the Isrealites that He would protect them in their assemblies and He does this for us. (Isaiah 4:5) He promised the apostles to send a comforter and He promises us the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:38) We are protected because He is a God of His Word and never changes. He is a great God, a holy Lord, a doer of excellent things. (Isaiah 12:5,6; 25:9) The Lord God is above all else. (Isaiah 66:62).

Who is God? All hail the power... (part 25)

We are to acknowledge and glorify God by growing in Him, by going His was and following and physically giving Him an altar (Haggai 1:8). For even though this is not the make-up of His church – it does give God’s people definition, shelter and warmth , a representative of a home in heaven. For God protects and looks to His people. But He wants all to come to Him. ALL. And if there are those who are not Jews and not even Gentiles that can but don’t worship God, God and God alone will deal with them. (Zechariah 14:16-18). Even Jesus knew who was the most powerful and most important. He knew that God set up Moses to lead His people and gave instruction for all to follow until Jesus’ work was finished and redemption complete. (Matthew 8:4; Mark 1:44; Luke 5:14) He is coming and we must respect and as grade school teachers would say, “Get in line”. (Revelation 14:7)

 

Who is God? All hail the power... (part 24)

As if in answer to the question, “Who is God?” is Psalm 89.7. God is great, He is to be respected and listened to in the assembly of saints and be held in reverence by all around Him. God is not only powerful but His is a sanctified Spirit and a holy being.

And we as His people are His royal priesthood and we are called to worship Him and  be humbled before Him. (Psalm 95:6) not just in church but everywhere. God is in control in all things. His power is not just in His strength but in His handiwork and His love. Everyone of His children know of His power and salvation, indeed deep down all creatures and beings know Him, and all know His truth (98:2-3). The hard part is getting people to know they actually do know Him and will come when called. After all God is a redeemer. God loves me, God loves His people and even those not in that group, so much so that He sent His Son so that we would all be saved. He is the Great Forgiver and Healer, And for this He is deserving of respect and blessings. (Psalms 103:1-4)

 

God refines me. God refines His church. He prunes it, He makes it humble so that His worship is pure. (Malachi 3:3,4) And on the flip side, God does the bidding of His Church and longs to give delights to those that trust, obey and believe in Him. (Matthew 18:19-20). He saved me from slavery to sin and gave me freedom in the Spirit. (Romans 5:1-11, 6:18) just as He brought the Israelites to freedom. ( 2 Kings 17:36)