God Has Personality
Today I want to take a moment and just review a few verses. All too often we spend our time reading through verses to see what the Bible tells us about a specific topic. The Bible is filled with great advice for those who read it and are willing to listen. However, often times I feel we focus on the meaning of the Words that we forget Who they were written by. We forget that the Bible is God’s letters to His children. Which is why today I want to take a moment and review just a few verses that describe who God is.
Psalm 145:8- “The LORD is gracious and compassionate; Slow to anger and great in mercy.” The world would have us believe that God is this harsh and unloving being. Or that He is so reckless as to set the world in motion and allow His creations to bring it to ruin and have no guidance from Him. However, in this passage we see that God is not only gracious, but He cares about His creations. He is not only slow to anger, but merciful to send His Son so that none who would accept Him would parish.
Hebrews 12:28-29- “28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, 29 for our God is a consuming fire.” On the other side of the coin, there are those who believe that God is all love and forget that He is also justice. For those who choose not to accept Him, they will see firsthand how God will become a consuming fire and deal out justice just as He did in Numbers 16.
Psalm 54:4- “Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.” For those who would believe that God is a distant God who does not care for His creations. When life has us beyond our limits and we cannot fathom another step forward, it is God who is our rescue, He cares for you and I more deeply than we can know ourselves.
Nahum 1:2-3- “2 A jealous and avenging God is the LORD; The LORD is avenging and wrathful. The LORD takes vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies. 3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, And the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. In the gale and the storm is His way, And clouds are the dust beneath His feet.” This may be perhaps one of the most powerful “God is” statements. Here we see more of the personality of God. This passage should offer hope for the believer in knowing that God will deal with those who stand against Him. But it is also for this exact reason that those who are nonbelievers should fear. One day they will face the judgement of the God who created heaven and earth!
While this may be a different post than we normally make, I do hope that these verses show more of who God is. There are verses all throughout the Bible that describe who God is and I would encourage you to seek them out. I also hope that these verses have offered a greater insight into who God is so that when you come before Him, you can offer Him the reverence that He is due.
Seek the truth and encourage one another,
Alex