Do you see God as someone angry, shaming you for your mistakes, or for who He really is? A loving father that not only died for you, but wants to provide for you, give you peace, healing, and so much more.
📖 Scripture:
• So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.” (Genesis 22:14)
• He said, “If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.” (Exodus 15:26)
• But the Lord said to him, “Peace! Do not be afraid. You are not going to die.” So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it The Lord Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. (Judges 6:23-24)
• “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)
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How do you view God? When I was younger, I used to envision him as somebody who was always angry at me for all the mistakes I was making. Maybe because in the beginning all I heard was God hates this, this, this. Stop doing that. But I also never read the Bible to understand the character of God. When I think of God now, I'm reminded of a movie I watched a long time ago where a dad and a son were walking along a mountain tied together by one rope in case they fell. Well, then the son's messing around, trips, and both the dad and the son fall off the mountain. The dad hanging below the son. And because of the weight of both of them, the rope is slowly starting to snap. The dad realizes it and knows the only way to save his son is to sacrifice himself by cutting himself off the rope. And he does. We've gotten ourselves into pretty bad situations. But God sacrificed himself as Jesus so we could live, paying the penalty for our mistakes. But the awesome thing about God is he didn't stay dead. He came back to life and wants to spend eternity in relationship with us. When we accept the sacrifice that God made, believing that he died on the cross, actually rose again, saying that we place our trust in him and live how he wants us to live, we get to have that eternal relationship. But did you know that God is much more than a savior? In Genesis 22 in a high emotional state, Abraham viewed God as the provider. In Exodus 15, God presented himself to Israel as I am the Lord who heals you. Provider, healer. And in Judges 6, the Lord presents himself to Gideon saying, "Peace. Do not be afraid." And then Gideon built an altar to the Lord and called it the Lord is peace. Provider, healer, peace. God can give us all of these things. And yet sometimes we're afraid to go to him because of the mistakes we make. But remember, he is also savior. And because of that, we can call him friend, father, provider, healer, peacebringer. No matter how we're feeling, that's still who God is. Jesus says, "Come to me all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." So whether you're looking for peace, healing, rest, provision, we can go to God for all of that. Let him be more to you than just a savior. How will you choose to view God today? I'm praying for you today, friends. God bless.