~ God’s Interactions with
His People ~
Almighty God (to bless us) ~ “When
Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord
appeared to Abram and said to him, ‘I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be
blameless’” (Genesis 17:1).
Blessed God (to cheer us) ~ “According
to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust” (1
Timothy 1:11).
Compassionate God (to bear with us) ~ “For
the Lord’s portion is His people;
Jacob is the place of His inheritance. He found him in a desert land and in the
wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept
him as the apple of His eye. As an eagle stirs up its nest, hovers over its
young, spreading out its wings, taking them up, carrying them on its wings, so
the Lord alone led him, and there
was no foreign god with him. He made him ride in the heights of the earth, that
he might eat the produce of the fields; He made him draw honey from the rock,
and oil from the flinty rock” (Deuteronomy 32:9-13).
Defending God (to protect us) ~ “The
Lord is my strength and song, and
He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; my father's
God, and I will exalt Him. The Lord
is a man of war; the Lord is His
name” (Exodus 15:2-3).
Eternal God (to secure us) ~ “The
eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms; He will
thrust out the enemy from before you, and will say, ‘Destroy!’” (Deuteronomy
33:27).
Faithful God (to assure us) ~ “By
faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a
child when she was past the age,
because she judged Him faithful who had promised” (Hebrews 11:11).
Gracious God (to bless us) ~ “So
he prayed to the Lord, and said,
‘Ah, Lord, was not this what I
said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish;
for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant
in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm’” (Jonah 4:2).
Holy God (to sanctify us) ~ “I
will not execute the fierceness of My anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim.
For I am God, and not man, the Holy One in your midst; and I will not come with
terror” (Hosea 11:9).
Indwelling God (to establish/guide us) –
“God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just
at the break of dawn” (Psalm 46:5). “And do not be drunk with wine, in which is
dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18).
Just God (to clear us) ~ “Tell
and bring forth your case; yes, let them take counsel together. Who has
declared this from ancient time? Who has told it from that time? Have not I,
the Lord? And there is no other
God besides Me, a just God and a Savior; there is none besides Me” (Isaiah
45:21).
Kind God (to supply us) ~ “Who
redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and
tender mercies” (Psalm 103:4).
Loving God (to cherish us) ~ “The
Lord has appeared of old to me,
saying: ‘Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with
lovingkindness I have drawn you’” (Jeremiah 31:3).
Mighty God (to deliver us) ~ “And
because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them;
and He brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power” (Deuteronomy
4:37). “For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government
will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6).
Near God (to sustain/comfort
us) ~
“He is near who justifies Me; who will contend with Me? Let us stand
together. Who is My adversary?” (Isaiah 50:8).
“Seek the Lord while He may
be found, call upon Him while He is near” (Isaiah 55:6).
Omniscient God (to watch over us) ~ “Behold,
He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve you from all evil;
He shall preserve your soul” (Psalm 121:4-7).
Powerful God (to strengthen us) ~ “But
the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be
preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was
delivered out of the mouth of the lion” (2 Timothy 4:17).
Quickening God (to change us) ~ “Even when we were dead in trespasses, made us
alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)” (Ephesians 2:5).
Righteous God (to justify us) ~ “Oh,
let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just; for
the righteous God tests the hearts and minds” (Psalm 7:9). “Much more then,
having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through
Him” (Romans 5:9).
Saving God (to free us) ~ “And
it will be said in that day: ‘Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him,
and He will save us. This is the Lord;
we have waited for Him; we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation’” (Isaiah
25:9).
Truth-keeping God (to encourage us) ~ “Who
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth
forever” (Psalm 146:6).
Unchanging God (to secure us) ~ “For
I am the Lord, I do not change;
therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob” (Malachi 3:6).
Victorious God (to overcome for us) ~ “But
thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1
Corinthians 15:57).
Wise God (to enlighten us) ~ “If
any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and
without reproach, and it will be given to him” (James 1:5).
Xcellent God (to be our example) ~ “O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Your
name in all the earth, who have set Your glory above the heavens!” (Psalm
8:1).
Yearning God (to look after us) ~ “Can a woman forget her nursing child, and
not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will
not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls
are continually before Me” (Isaiah 49:15-16).
Zealous God (to keep us) ~ “As
His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness,
through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue” (2 Peter 1:3).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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