Day 334 - What Qualifies God To Be God?

Thoughts on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength (Vol. 1) - # 329

         

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The text for Michael’s writing today gives us one of the most profound truths of just who God is. Is, a simple 2-letter word meaning “equal.” God and love cannot be separated because they are one. Equal. The same. Is.

Look at how Michael mentions four things that every Believer should stay constantly alert to…leading to a desirable end.

DAY 334

What Qualifies God To Be God?

The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. –I John 4:8

What qualifies God to be God? Why is God eligible to receive worship and to have all glory, honor, and authority? What makes Him a father or gives Him the right to make judgments, to tell others what to do, or to have a kingdom? The answer is really quite simple: God is love! He is perfect, complete, defining, and all-encompassing Love. This means that God is patient, kind, is not jealous, does not brag, is not arrogant, never acts unbecomingly, does not seek His own, is not provoked, does not take into account any wrong suffered, hates unrighteousness, rejoices in truth, bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things, and never fails. Is there anyone more qualified than God to be in charge?

Well, of course! We already knew God is love! That is exactly the problem: we knew. It is something in the past that we remember being told, but we have moved on to consider loftier aspects of God. The revelation of His love is the foundation for everything we will ever learn and every experience that we have (good or bad); it is the source of our devotion and obedience. 

One time as I walked through the forest, I noticed that what should have been the fresh green sprouts on the tips of a pine tree had turned yellow, and the year’s growth was wasted. The tree would begin next year at the same place it had this year. It reminded me of how new growth within us, no matter how glorious, will be killed without the continued revelation of His love. 

We easily mouth the words, “God is love,” but do we have the revelation of it? To have God at the backs of our minds throughout the day is to confine love in the background. As stated many times, we stand or fall by our definitions. We need definitions, but words cannot describe love; the grandest, most complex vocabulary will not get the job done of enabling us to know what love is. Is it possible with words to describe the great I AM? Then it is equally impossible to describe Love, for God is Love. God did not even try to describe love with words, because they were not good enough! So the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. To know Love we must know Jesus. 

Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point      Green – IT, Incredible Truth        

Red – GP, Greatest Promises

Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches           Pink – PV, Priceless Victory

These are the four things Michael points out…

1.     The revelation of His love is the foundation for everything we will ever learn and every experience that we have (good or bad); it is the source of our devotion and obedience. 

Then he asks: and do we have the revelation of it?

2.    Words cannot describe love;

3.    So the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.

4.    To know Love we must know Jesus

Quite simple, isn’t it…know Jesus. So much of the rest is religious activity. The desirable end? Knowing Jesus we KNOW LOVE, and not just three easily mouthed words. Well, amen.

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