The ways of God are what we will explore in today’s post.
God is amazing, incomprehensible, inexhaustible and all together lovely.
For many of us though, we cannot resist the pull to seek to know Him more.
We have a yearning to know as much about Him as humanly possible.
To be honest, writing about who God is seems entirely presumptuous outside the context of His Word.
Even for those of us who have experienced the Divine, not one of us can say unequivocally that we’ve reached some sort of threshold or broken the invisible barrier of full understanding.
Still, this propels us to commit to a lifelong pursuit of the Holy.
Fortunately for us, God, in His grace has afforded us glimpses into His nature through His Word.
We all need reminders of those bits of Him we’ve been privy to.
Today, we’ve gathered just 21 verses that capture a little of His essence.
They speak to His characteristics, for lack of better words.
Think of this list as us doing a little bit of homework for you.
A handy reference sheet of sorts.
Why We Should Seek To The Ways Of God?
Despite the truth that we will always be limited in our capacity to truly know Him, pursuing that knowledge holds immeasurable importance for us.
Pastor Michael Todd of Transformation Church recently shared that “we all have a God-sized hole we are trying to fill.”
We traverse this life with a longing, a longing that only relationship with God can satisfy.
And what’s beautiful and frankly, quite mind-blowing is that He wants to have relationship with us, His creation too.
Now, You would agree that it is certainly difficult to maintain relationships with another we have no idea about, Right?
So that clears up that. We need to know who God is to have relationship with Him.
A.W. Tozer’s insightful quote gives us another pertinent reason for us to try to know who God is.
What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us
TOZER
We should seek to know who God is to get a healthy reference point for who we are.
And again, we simply cannot know who He is (or ultimately who we are) without exploring scripture.
We must draw near to Him and He will in turn, draw near to us.
So let us look at some of the things He tells us about Himself.
God is Loving
3 the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
– Jeremiah 31:3
He is Merciful
9 To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him
– Daniel 9:9
Yahweh is Holy
9 Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy!
– Psalm 99:9
God is Omniscient
139 O Lord, you have searched me and known me!2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.4 Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
– Psalm 139:1-4
He is kind
22 Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.
– Romans 11:22
Yahweh is Righteous
19 Your righteousness, O God, reaches the high heavens. You who have done great things, O God, who is like you?
– Psalm 71:19
He is Just
6 since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
– 2 Thessalonians 1:6
God is Good
9 The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
– Psalm 145:9
Yahweh is Majestic
11 “Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?
– Exodus 15:11
God is Gracious
8 The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
– Psalm 145:8
He is Immutable
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
– James 1:17
Yahweh is Infinite
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
– Psalm 90:2
Yahweh is Omnipotent
2 “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
– Job 42:2
He is Wise
33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
– Romans 11:33
Our Lord is Compassionate
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
– Psalm 103:8
He is Eternal
4 Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
– Isaiah 26:4
Our Lord is Faithful
9 Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,
– Deuteronomy 7:9
He is Patient
9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
– 2 Peter 3:9
God is Mighty
8 O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O Lord, with your faithfulness all around you?
– Psalm 89:8
He is Omnipresent
7 Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!9 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,10 even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,”12 even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.
– Psalm 139:7-12
And Welcoming
18 The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
– Psalm 145:18
So Tell Us…
Have you experienced these characteristics of God?
Are there any we mentioned that causes you to pause and contemplate deeper?
Fret not my friends. We will look at each of these wonderful ways of His in more detail in upcoming posts.
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A Song Before You Leave
Because we are kind.
Because we love to.
And why not eh?
Enjoy!