Psalm145│Isaiah 49.1-13│1Thessalonians 4.13-18│Matthew 16.1-12
Psaume 145 | Esaïe 49.1-13 |1Thessaloniciens 4.13-18 | Matthieu 16.1-12
God in my life
'Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie' by Albert Bierstadt, 1830-1902
Do you, like me, tend to refer to God in terms of His
character, using phrases that begin ‘God is…’? From what we learn of God from
Scripture, from history and from our own lives, we can draw some conclusions
about what God is like, even whilst remembering there is so much mystery that
veils Him. Sometimes of course fellow believers may come up with totally
contradictory ideas of what God might be like, so we have to be cautious in
drawing and stating conclusions. Yet
here the writer, with far more confidence than I can find in myself, identifies
the things God does/has done/promises to do for him and for God’s people. Take
time to read through this passage, savouring the verbs which describe God’s
action. Depending on the translation you use you may find that God calls,
names, makes, hides, forms, honours, answers, helps, keeps, feeds. He calls out
the prisoners and He makes His mountains into a road.
No
wonder after such a wonderful account of God’s deeds the writer says:
Sing for joy O heavens
And exalt O earth
Break forth O mountains
Into singing!
(v. 13a)
Do
I notice God’s deeds in my life, in His church? Do you?
Ann
Milton
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