Who is Like Our God?

Psalm 113:5  "Who is like the Lord our God, who dwells on high?"


The Psalmist asks this rhetorical question in the midst of a Psalm of praise. We could spend all day searching the Scriptures for statements about who our amazing God is!  That would be a fun Bible study!  This beautiful Book full of the Heart of the Father is intended to communicate HIM to us.  This relationship with an all-knowing, all-powerful and ever present Deity can be simple and overwhelming all at once.

My question is a bit more personal than the Psalmist's, "Who is the God you are serving?"

As we study the Old Covenant it can seem as if God is an angry, wrathful God. We can begin to struggle with who He is in relation to who we are; we empathize with the humans in the stories and wonder where the grace is.  This is a natural reaction; however, we must be cautious to recognize the covenantal differences that we now live in.

The Apostle Paul calls our New Covenant a better Covenant as does the writer of Hebrews.  It is better or superior in so many ways. For the purpose of this discussion, I want to speak only to the nature of our God and how He has purposed to be revealed to His New Covenant people.

The person of God has not changed. James tells us that there is no "variation or shadow of turning" with God. He is not fickle, does not flip-flop. He cannot abide where ungodliness, sin, rebellion or evil is and He responds justly.  (When He is the definition of justice, no one can call Him unjust!)

God has not changed; however, how He relates to humanity has.  Adam was not required to keep the Law that God gave through Moses, neither was Noah. With each of the covenants that God made with humanity there were differences in how He expected mankind to respond to Him.  As you trace these covenants, you discover that our awesome God continues to reveal Himself through each relational shift. These shifts are similar to the differences in parent to child relatings.  My mom's relationship and expectations of me shifted as I grew up.  Making dinner and running laundry were not expected at age 6, but rather at age 12. Beyond the activities (expectations & behavior), our conversation changed- the whole relationship was different!

In the New Covenant, Jesus took ALL the wrath/judgement at the cross. Colossians tells us the wrath of God is for the sons of disobedience; Romans works with that concept as well. The Gospel of John phrases it this way, "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him." (John 3:36 KJV)

We who are in relationship with Jesus are exempt from the wrath/judgement thereby giving us unfettered access to the Throne of God. Hebrews exhorts us to come boldly into God's presence by the blood of Jesus Christ, by a new and living way. (10:19) 

I can run into God's arms unafraid, trusting that He will not only catch me up in His arms, but He awaits me eagerly!  This is MY God- my Papa, Abba, Daddy....

O how He loves me.  And He loves you!!  Just ask Him- He loves to tell you so.