Who Is God (Part 8)

 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

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God had delivered the Israelites out of the hands of His enemies, the Egyptians in Exodus 12.

And what did they do?

They began to forget His provision.

And so they began to complain.

They were hungry.

They were thirsty.

No doubt they were tired of their trek in the wilderness, 

now free from the slavery that had been subjected to for so long. 

And eventually they had wanted to go back to what He had taken them out of. 

But aren't we sometimes like they were?

When things don't go our way.

God must get tired of hearing our endless

list of complaints.

For a mate we haven't met yet.

For a job we don't get.

For a car we went.

But God was telling them in this passage that he was patient with them. He could see their torments. He understood their frustrations. After all, He had created them. 

But then, its as if He finally had had enough and had to issue a warning to them. " Do not forget me" 

Because if you do, it is not going to be pretty.

(my own interpretation)

But for those that are faithful.

For those that give God what He deserves.

In thanksgiving and glory to Him.

He gives them what they don't deserve. 

The salvation of God.

And He does the same for us. I have seen it happen over and over in my life and in the life of others. 

The Apostle Paul wrote this:

13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:13-14

I think this passage is one that we should have written in black and white and taped to a place in our home where we can see it everyday. 

So that we don't make the mistake or sin as it can be called, 

of not only not forgetting God but praise Him.

And so we get to the question of Who is God.

He is our Provision.

His judgements are true, whether we like them or not.

But when we are faithful to Him

He is our Redeemer. 

And that is who God is

( Sources used today: KJV. gotquestions.org, google search)

Thanks for coming by Friends.

Have a wonderfully blessed day!