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GOD:  WHO IS THIS GOD WE SERVE?

Who is this God we are to believe in?  The One we are to worship?  The One we are to give our hearts to?  Growing up I had my own version of who God was.  He was a big, stern, grey haired man who was ready to reach down and smack me with his cane whenever I did something wrong.  And God forbid if I ever said the “F” word because that meant I was going straight to hell.  Some of us believe He is meek, mild, and overly kind.  Or is He the “Man upstairs?”, “the Boss”?  Maybe He’s just a spoil sport and wants to ruin all of our fun.  Boy did I ever think this!  I couldn’t imagine how Christians ever had fun.  They were so boring!  How in the world could you ever have fun without beer or drugs?  I mean, really, God!   Or is He a dictator, who is so hard and cracks the whip when we don’t obey one, or all, of his rules?   Or is he just a Santa in the Sky who we ask for everything and expect it?  I think at one time or another, I’ve believed every one of these things at different times in my life.  Satan loves for us to believe these things, because by believing in them, we will never know who God truly is!

When bad things happen to us, we tend to allow them to define who God is.  “Well, He must be … if He allowed … to happen”.  Our circumstances do not alter who God is.  That is why we must get to know Him.  In all circumstances, He is the same.  He never changes.

One statement changed how I viewed God forever.  GOD IS JESUS.  That rocked my world .  Rocked my view of who God is.  I have always believed that Jesus is God, but never turned it around.  If you know Jesus, you know the Father!  They are the exact representation of each other.  God’s character is revealed in the bible, the word of God!  I am going to repeat this over and over and over again:  YOU MUST READ THE BIBLE!  Not just bits and pieces, but the whole Word!  Have you read the Bible all the way through?  You will see God’s character from beginning to end.  You may see Him in a way you have never imagined before!  One of the greatest ways to be deceived is by not knowing the word of God, the Bible.

The best way I have to get to know God is purely through the Bible.  We will be studying what the Bible has to say about God.

In the meantime, think of all of the ways you view God.  And don’t add your Christianese spin on it.  The spin that you know what you’re supposed to say, but don’t really down deep believe or feel.   Who is God to you?

Prayer:

God, I really don’t have a grasp of who you are.  Show me through your Word your character, your love, your great mercies for me.  Show me who you really are.  Please reveal to me the false ways that I view you, forgive me, and show me your truth.  Amen!