A Study on Love - Edition #25

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

A Study on Love – Edition #25

Wow… for the first time since I started recording my consistency on having my quiet times, I finish the first month of the year without a swing and a miss. It’s a great thing… I was afraid that my wife was loosing her hearing. So I walk up to her ear and ask, "Can you hear me?" She didn't answer. I came up closer and asked again. But there was no answer. Finally, I asked her one more time really loud and she said, "For the third time yes!!!" And if you missed it, that was a joke. But the thought that streams from it… well, am I afraid that I am not being heard, or is it me that isn’t hearing?

I guess the topic today in my QT is “God is…”

Genesis 21:22-23
22 At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything you do. 23 Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you are living as an alien the same kindness I have shown to you."

Genesis 31:48-50
48 Laban said, "This heap is a witness between you and me today." That is why it was called Galeed. 49 It was also called Mizpah, because he said, "May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other. 50 If you mistreat my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me."

Numbers 23:19
19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?

Deuteronomy 3:23-25
23 At that time I pleaded with the LORD: 24 "O Sovereign LORD, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works you do? 25 Let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon."

Deuteronomy 4:21-31
21 The LORD was angry with me because of you, and he solemnly swore that I would not cross the Jordan and enter the good land the LORD your God is giving you as your inheritance. 22 I will die in this land; I will not cross the Jordan; but you are about to cross over and take possession of that good land. 23 Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the LORD your God has forbidden. 24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

25 After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of the LORD your God and provoking him to anger, 26 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed. 27 The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you. 28 There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. 29 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and obey him. 31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which he confirmed to them by oath.

God is with you. (1st Samuel 10:7)

God is a refuge. (Deuteronomy 33:27)

God is a tester. (Deuteronomy 13:3)

God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords. (Deuteronomy 10:17)

God is God of heaven and earth. (Joshua 2:11)

God is a rock and a refuge. (2nd Samuel 22:3)

God is greater than all other Gods. (2nd Chronicles 2:5)

God is gracious and compassionate. (2nd Chronicles 30:9)

God is on everyone who looks to him. (Ezra 8:22)

God is greater than man. (Job 33:12)

God is mighty and firm in his purpose. (Job 36:5)

God is a righteous judge. (Psalm 7:11)

God is present in the company of the righteous. (Psalm 14:5)

God is seated on his holy throne. (Psalm 47:8)

God is our help. (Psalm 54:4)

God is a God who saves. (Psalm 68:20)

God is our sun and shield. (Psalm 84:11)

God is full of compassion. (Psalm 116:5)

God is flawless. (Proverbs 30:5)

God is our salvation. (Isaiah 12:2)

God is a revealer of mysteries. (Daniel 2:47)

God is merciful and forgiving. (Daniel 9:9)

God is righteous in everything he does. (Daniel 9:14)

God is a watchman. (Hosea 9:8)

God is truthful. (John 3:33)

God is spirit. (John 4:24)

God is giving gifts of eternal life. (Romans 6:23)

God is faithful. (2nd Corinthians 1:18; 1st Corinthians 10:13)

God is among us. (1st Corinthians 14:25)

God is our witness. (1st Thessalonians 2:5)

God is just. (2nd Thessalonians 1:6)

God is the builder of everything. (Hebrews 3:4)

God is not ashamed to be called our God. (Hebrews 11:16)

God is treating us as his sons. (Hebrews 12:7)

God is light. (1st John 1:5)

God is greater than our hearts. (1st John 3:20)

God is love. (1st John 4:8, 16)

God is with men and lives with us. (Revelation 21:3)

Wow… and to think I was starting to put everything down here… but I decided to simply leave it as an abbreviation… and the abbreviation is really inspiring. I think I need to be inspired right now. With the year’s first month coming to a close (and that is just a spit more than 8% of the year gone), I would say that thus far, this year is really been a great one for me. I mean, this list of what God is… well, it just fires me up! And really, I don’t have must to say today… except that God is an awesome God and that with him, all the mysteries will be uncovered by the light my God provides. I guess it is time to open my ears and hear what God is saying. Johnny Out!