FEBRUARY 17

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

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Colossians 1:13

“He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,”

Psalm 37:28

“For the Lord loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.”

Isaiah 63:9

“In all their affliction He was afflicted,  and the Angel of His Presence saved them;

In His love and in His pity He redeemed them;  and He bore them and carried them

All the days of old.”

Deuteronomy 32:4

“He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.”

Psalm 31:23

“Oh, love the Lord, all you His saints! For the Lord preserves the faithful, And fully repays the proud person.”

Psalm 70:4

“Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; And let those who love Your salvation say continually, “Let God be magnified!”

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Our book for this month  is called “100 NAMES OF GOD”  written by Christopher D. Hudson.  Each day we’ll take one Hebrew name for God as given in the Bible to study and relate to.

ELOHIM AHAVAH

THE GOD WHO LOVES

“I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.”  Jeremiah 31:3

Even people who know very little about the Bible can usually cite the famous phrase “God is love” (1 John 4:8).  The idea that love is God’s essential nature is incredible.  It frankly sounds too good to be true.  Yet the Bible declares repeatedly that it IS true and then shows in detail its life-changing implications.

On the one hand, divine affection means God is FOR US, that He wants whatever is best for us. 

On the other hand, it means God, like any devoted parent, is AGAINST anything that would be detrimental to his children.  We could say it this way: 

Because God loves us, He hates everything that might harm us.

This is how we reconcile the love of God with all His other attributes that, on first glance, maybe don’t “seem” so loving (divine holiness, justice, and wrath against sin). 

GOD IS ALL THAT HE IS, ALL THE TIME.

In other words, God doesn’t have multiple personalities.  His attributes don’t work independently from one another.  They’re always in concert and never in conflict.

 For example, God is holy in the way He loves.

God is loving in the way He metes out justice.

Because God doesn’t change, we can be sure His love won’t either.  Since God is omnipresent, His love is everywhere. 

No matter what happens, and regardless of what we’re facing, we can know that we are kept, watched, listened to, and cared for by One who is wild about us.  God is love.

And there is never a time or a situation where our loving God is not right there.

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How do you reconcile God’s love and His fearful justice?

PRAYER

Lord God, thank you that there is never a moment when You act in any way apart from Your love.  Amen.

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