WHO GOD IS TO US

Exodus 3:14 NIV God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

I don’t know where you go to sit and think, but as I was sitting thinking about God the other day, and who He is to us, a whole lot of phrases started popping into my mind which reminded me of how much God means to each one of us.😊

Our God is the great I AM who has no beginning and no ending. Nothing existed before Him and He holds all things together by His Word. He is outside of time and space so He is not limited by either one.

Our God is the Uplifter of our heads, the only One who lifts us out of the miry clay and puts our feet on the rock of Jesus, who gives us an eternal hope.

He is the Restorer of our souls. Maybe your soul has taken a bashing this past year, well take heart because our God is in the business of restoring our souls, moment by moment as we turn to Him.

Our God is our Healer, who came to heal not only the broken hearted but the broken bodied as well, and Jesus went about healing all who were sick declaring that, ‘as you have seen Me so you have seen the Father’ (John 14:9)

Our God is the same yesterday, today and forever and His love for us will never wane, never grow cold and He is forever faithful to us, so we are never alone.

Our God is the One who directs our paths, who goes before us to prepare the way and who is our rearguard so we don’t have to watch our backs because He is doing it for us. 

Our God has provided all our needs through Christ Jesus even before the world was made by Him, and He has given us access to His presence at all times to ask for His mercy and His great grace.

Our God is the God who answers our prayers. We can come to Him with a thankful heart knowing He sees and hears us.

I know we could add so much more to this short list but it’s good to stop and ask ourselves sometimes who God is to us personally, and are we allowing Him to be I AM to us in our present circumstances.😊

The Holy Spirit is encouraging us to just stop and think for a minute, to remember we have the God of Heaven, the Maker and Sustainer of all things on our side, in our lives. He is the great I AM and He loves you, and me, beyond measure! Praise His wonderful name. Amen.

ONE OF A KIND

Psalm 139:14 NIV I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

We were in Ikea the other day with our daughter when we came across a big bin of bears all jumbled together, so we had a totally silly moment and propped them all on the edge so they could all see out and it just looked so funny. If security cameras had been watching us they’d have wondered what on earth we were doing as they kept falling off! It’s good to be silly sometimes!🤣  From a distance they all looked the same but up close each one’s face was slightly different. 

In the same way we may feel like we’re all jumbled up with everybody else and nobody sees us or hears us but God made us as individuals with different gifts and abilities for a reason, and He definitely sees us and hears us because we matter to Him far more than we realise.

He says we’re precious in His sight, that He made us unique, so no two people have the same fingerprints or personality. You are one of His ‘wonderful’ works, and He chose you before the world was made!(Ephesians 1:4) He made us to have relationship with Him, to be blessed and to be a blessing to those around us. We may be part of a crowd at any given time, but God knows where we are, what is happening, and that we’re fearfully and wonderfully made for His good plan and purpose. How reassuring that is.😊

Isn’t it amazing that He calls us His special treasure and as such He decided we were worth dying for so we could belong to Him forever? What a wonderful thought that is!

As the new week unfolds, whenever you feel as though you’ve been tossed in the big bin of life with everybody else, remember to look up because you are one of a kind. You are not mediocre or average, you are a child of the Most High God, called and chosen by Him. He loves you with an everlasting love and He is with you, He has anointed you and is strengthening you to meet whatever the demands of your day may be.😊 Thank You Lord. Amen.