The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing,
majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him and what came to my mind and heart in Psalm 116:5-6,
"The Lord is gracious and righteous;
our God is full of compassion.
The Lord protects the simplehearted;
when I was in great need, he saved me."
As I suspect most do, when I think of the people I know in my life I
can't help but think of the differences of their personalities. Some
are one way, some are another. I can't say anyone is exactly like
another because of the complexity of traits that make up each of our
personalities. Like anyone, I relate to each of them somewhat
differently because of these differences, but always within the scope
of my own personality. We all have traits, characteristics, aspects
that contribute to our own unique personalities.
The Lord has his own personality. It exists, not in my mind, what I
would make of him or how I might wish to define him, but his
personality exists objectively. No matter how I might wish him to be,
he is his own person and will not be defined by me or anyone else.
This is a wonderful thing because as I get to know him more, I find he
is more wonderful than I could ever imagine.
He wants us to know him and what he is like. As he reveals himself to
us in the pages of Scripture, he says things like, "Let him who boasts
boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the
Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for
in these I delight." Jeremiah 9:24. This is a part of his character he
wants us to know of him. He delights in kindness, justice and
righteousness because these traits are a part of what makes him who he
is.
The psalmist knows this as he acknowledges the Lord is gracious,
righteous and full of compassion. His saving acts are born of these
qualities. The more I learn of the Lord, the more I meditate and
ruminate on these qualities of the Lord, the more excited I become of
him. I find him ultimately fascinating and intriguing. The more I know
of him the more I desire to know of him, as David says, "One thing I
ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of
the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord
and to seek him in his temple." Psalm 27:4.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to
hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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