Live piano worship postlude 02-24-13

God is Faithful

art by matt gruber

God is Faithful The attributes of God are not singular, isolated traits of His perfect character, but rather they are the many parts of His Holy Almighty being. We can think of God’s attributes separately but must not think of God only in the confines of a singular description of what we know of God. God is indeed faithful but we must remember that this attribute of faithfulness is only part of the Perfect entirety of God. When we praise God for one attribute, for example His faithfulness, we must consider that none of God’s attributes conflict with another. In fact, they all support each other, each harmonizing with another providing us a glimpse of the complete perfection of the Trinity. We must examine how we think of God. We all risk elevating a preferred attribute over another and when we do we cease to describe the One True God. For example we cannot diminish the love of God to the point where we deny He is just. We also cannot force our own sense of human justice into a description of God’s sense and understanding of justice. This reduction of an attribute of God, in this case justice, down to the levels of human reason and understanding are what produces distorted ideas such as, God is angry. I think the enemy of our soul loves for us to think about God in ways that are distorted and false. If we think God is angry, then He is a God to watch out for, appease, or avoid. But if we dare to believe everything God said about Himself, then we know a God who is just, and a God who is just is a God we can trust. As we think about God, it impacts how we react to life. Dare to believe what God said about Himself, you will find Him to be unchanging, faithful, all purity, all power, all just, complete love and all holiness. Spend some time praising God this week, He is faithful and good, and worthy of our praise. Pastor Eric