Who is God? All hail the power!!!

“All shall worship Thee and sing…to Thy name”, so says the Psalmist in Psalm 66:4. And when all is said and done, my true worship to the powerful King is keeping my vows that I made, especially in times of trouble (Psalms 66:13-14), giving God His due and acknowledging His power and righteousness, for after all “…Who is so great a god as Our God?: (Psalm 77:13) And this acknowledges that I believe and trust that God is so powerful that He can distribute His power to everyone and that we can all understand Him. (Acts 2:1-4).

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.

When I am out of synch

• It is not just when I sin that I am humiliated, but when I am actually doing the right thing for the wrong reason. Which some may say that this is still sinning, even though it's not overtly so. So many times I go through the motions of church, of hugs to my brethren, of doing my job, but then in traffic I am rude, my attitude is a turned-on-turned-off attitude and I do the multiple personality number that I so very often accuse my mother of doing. And the problem with that is, mom doesn't really know any better and I do. When I do what I know in my deepest soul that I shouldn't do but am just going through the motions and become hypocritical, I have lost my first love. (Rev 2:21) I see the Pharisees and how Jesus told them they were doing the right things for the wrong reasons, for example in Luke 11:42. And in that statement I see me being called out by Jesus as being the same way. Hypocritical, judgmental, and self-seeking, I see Jesus saying “ButI know you and the love of God, that you have not the love of God in you” (John 5:2). Again hypocrisy in my life. And it makes me finally fall on my knees head bowed so that the love of God will endow me with His Spirit once again. Because it is at that moment I realize I have lost my first love. And I want it back.

They also serve

Attraction of men to women is interesting. It can lead to dissension, to ruin, calamity within families, jealousy but most of all it can lead to desirous tactics to lure the man or the woman, or it can truly lead a man to show compassion and gentleness to a woman. (Gen 34:3) It can also result in favoritism, which not only results in discord and jealousy among humans (Gen 37:4) but more importantly does not please God but which God can use for His purpose to bring His people back to righteousness. (Gen 37:3) God shows us His love by rescuing us in His strength and power. (Deuteronomy 4:37)

Before the Altar

What is the absolute best way to love? Is it constantly saying “I love you” or is some action involved? As my answer to the question “Which is better, idealism or realism?” is a little of both, I say the same thing here. A little of both. Saying “I love you” affirms the actions of loving someone. How can I possibly tell someone I love them if I don't pray for them and don't keep in touch with them or at least don't try. Someone can be on my heart and if I don't obey that feeling then do I truly love them? Perhaps not. (1 John 3:18) I think this goes in saying as Jesus did in Matthew 7:9-11 that if a son asks his father for bread the father gives him a stone that is truly not love. At the same time all of us need the affirmation of hearing “I love you”, which is why we have John 3:16.