NO ONE LIKE OUR GOD

 Psalm 145:17–19 NLT 

The Lord is righteous in everything he does;

he is filled with kindness.

The Lord is close to all who call on him,

yes, to all who call on him in truth.

 He grants the desires of those who fear him;

he hears their cries for help and rescues them.

I think if someone was asked to write a resume for God they’d never come to the end of writing it, (John 21:25) but the attributes written above would all definitely be on it.😊

In fact the Bible is a bit like a resume telling us about our wonderful God, that He is righteous, full of loving kindness, close to us, listening, helping, and rescuing.

We know God never changes and when the psalmist says He is righteous in all that He does, it reminds us of how consistent He is. We’ll never find God behaving one way today and a different way tomorrow. We can depend on God always treating us in the same way and what a blessing that is. He never blows hot and cold even when we do!

God wants us to feel confident when we approach Him because we know He is filled with loving kindness towards us, and the shed blood of Jesus makes it possible. The only fear we should have is reverential fear, not fear of any punishment, and He has told us He’s close to us when we call on Him in truth, with complete trust.

Have you ever been tempted to think God is off out there somewhere doing His own thing and not listening to your prayers? Well the truth is He’s close enough to hear your every heart cry, to see every tear and be aware of every sigh because His Spirit is in us.

So next time we need some help, we know we can go to our loving God first, before we ring a friend or call a pastor because we know God is always listening and ready to come to our rescue.

There is no one like our God, so let’s praise Him with a glad and grateful heart today for all His goodness and kindness to us. In Jesus name. Amen.