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 heart and mind in 1 Samuel 2:3,
"Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the Lord is a God who knows, and by him deeds are weighed."
These words spoken by Hannah, Samuel's mother, comes from her worship of the Lord following his answer to her prayers for a son. In her worship she acknowledges the rejoicing in her heart as she considers what the Lord had done for her. Possibly the strongest statement of her prayer of worship was her observation, "There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God." Verse 2.
There is no Mohammed, no Buddha, no Confucius, no pope, no Joseph Smith, no one holy like the Lord! The Lord is unique and in his tripartite personhood, he stands alone. "There is no Rock like our God." God is not what you and I make him out to be. There is no "God is whatever he is to you..." He is himself in spite what anyone thinks about him. He stands in his position as our Creator as objectively himself, with no one and nothing that he shares that position with.
As such, he has his own ways, his own personality, his own character and nature and his own agenda. He also does not check in with me first to determine the expression of himself and what I think about it. As he lets us know in his revelation of himself (which is what we have in our Bibles) he knows everything about every last one of us. There is nothing he does not know about each and every one of us. And, in a sobering note, "by him deeds are weighed."
God is not only our Creator, he is also our judge. He knows all we do and he judges everything we think, feel, do and say. That judgment comes not in this life, but in the resurrection when he raises all mankind from the grave and presents to himself each of us for judgement. For those who have sinned, they will, every one of them, be cast into a fiery lake of burning sulfur, Revelation 21:8.
That is, every one except for those who have embraced Jesus Christ in faith. As Jesus himself said, "Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man." John 5:24-27.
"Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the Lord is a God who knows, and by him deeds are weighed."
These words spoken by Hannah, Samuel's mother, comes from her worship of the Lord following his answer to her prayers for a son. In her worship she acknowledges the rejoicing in her heart as she considers what the Lord had done for her. Possibly the strongest statement of her prayer of worship was her observation, "There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God." Verse 2.
There is no Mohammed, no Buddha, no Confucius, no pope, no Joseph Smith, no one holy like the Lord! The Lord is unique and in his tripartite personhood, he stands alone. "There is no Rock like our God." God is not what you and I make him out to be. There is no "God is whatever he is to you..." He is himself in spite what anyone thinks about him. He stands in his position as our Creator as objectively himself, with no one and nothing that he shares that position with.
As such, he has his own ways, his own personality, his own character and nature and his own agenda. He also does not check in with me first to determine the expression of himself and what I think about it. As he lets us know in his revelation of himself (which is what we have in our Bibles) he knows everything about every last one of us. There is nothing he does not know about each and every one of us. And, in a sobering note, "by him deeds are weighed."
God is not only our Creator, he is also our judge. He knows all we do and he judges everything we think, feel, do and say. That judgment comes not in this life, but in the resurrection when he raises all mankind from the grave and presents to himself each of us for judgement. For those who have sinned, they will, every one of them, be cast into a fiery lake of burning sulfur, Revelation 21:8.
That is, every one except for those who have embraced Jesus Christ in faith. As Jesus himself said, "Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man." John 5:24-27.
We read of this judgment in Revelation 20:11-15. Since I know I have sinned, how grateful I am for Jesus' payment for my sins upon that cross! How about you?
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!
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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!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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