Who is God

Some knowledge of what kind of God it is that operates the universe is indispensable to a sound philosophy of life and a sane outlook on the world scene. – A.W. Tozer Knowledge of the Holy

I have not viewed God rightly. My perceptions of relationships colliding with His truths wrecked the process of His grace through my lack of revelation of His true nature. God is not defined by His character traits, or at least the only ones we know of. He is not a balance of parts, but actually the absence of parts: uncreated.

Attempting to ponder the infinitude of God I always deemed useless which, in return, deemed my understanding of Him wrongly. It was always, “Why me? Can’t you just fix this God? You need me to carry out Your work so make me blameless.” No, no, no. How vain of me to think that God must make all efforts to change the nature of my flesh. He wants partnership not a dictatorship. I am made in the image of God, I do not possess all qualities that comprise Him; therefore, I lack strength to carry out His purposes and must redirect my free will unto His desires.

Before the law man did not know what was wrong and what was right. Nothing other than nature existed and because man unconsciously knew of the sin in his heart the law exposed sin. To die to oneself is to admit the faults of man and choose God. Man possesses nothing and must depend upon God through the exercising of moral choice.

In grace through Christ’s fleshly death and divine resurrection, man has now become victorious over sin. Belief in Christ has reversed nature’s sting and plants a new principle in our hearts so that our conduct genuinely desires to promote God. This is the denying of yourself, this is taking up of your cross, this is following God.

He is not against me, He is for me. He does not need me, He wants me. God has not backed Himself into a defenseless corner begging humanity to help Him redeem His reputation. God is not asking us to honor Him out of false pity. He is the undefended Defender. Unbelief is actually putting trust in dying men rather than the Eternal One. God is self-sufficient.

Let hope be the faith in the unseen natural realm and obedience resound because of the testimony of our lives. God is not comprised of love and dishes it out whenever we have been good little children. God is love, so we soak in Him every moment that acknowledges grace, truth and abundant life.