Who Is Like the Lord Our God?

                                                                         Psalm 113:1-9

September 23, 2022

 

 

Who Is Like the Lord Our God?

Praise the Lord!  Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord!  Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and forevermore!  From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised!  The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens!  Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high, who looks far down on the heavens and the earth?
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.   He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children.  Praise the Lord!

 

Have you reflected, and I mean pondered the question: “Who Is like the Lord Our God?”  I have and the short answer is no one.  I’m not one to read the last page of a book, I like to begin at the beginning.  We find that not going to be easy with God, for Scripture tells us the following; Psalm 90:2, states; “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.”  Now this is beyond our understanding and that is why we need God to give us insights into the gift of faith.  No beginning, and no end, that our God, but there is so much more in John gospel chapter 1:1-5, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was in the beginning with God.  All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.  In him was life, and the life was the light of men.  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”

Adam and Eve did not ask who are you.  For they walked and talked with God.  But we do find in Scripture a man named Moses, who was being sent by God to a nation called Egypt that had enslaved the people of God and He asked this question: “He said, “But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.” Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of   Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?”   God said to Moses, “I am who I am. ”  “I am has sent me to you. ”  

 

Now, as we skip to the Psalm, we find David and the prophets calling Him Lord.  And you and I who are Truth Seekers do the same. So should we not want as much understanding as possible of our God?

 

God’s attributes, taken from the Internet with thoughts and Scriptures added by this writer:

 

Omnipresence:  You must check these Scriptures to understand that God is everywhere, Deuteronomy 4:39, Psalm 139:7-12, Proverb 15:3, Acts17:26-27 but my favorite is Jeremiah 23:23-24.  “Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord, and not a God far away?  Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.”

 

Wisdom: “Wisdom is the ability to devise perfect ends and to achieve these ends by the most perfect means.” In other words, God makes no mistakes. He is the Father who truly knows best, as Paul explains in Romans 11:33-36, “Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!  How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!  “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”  “Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?”  For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him, be the glory forever! Amen.

Infinitude: God knows no boundaries. He is without measure.  Some Scriptures that tell of this are Job 42:2, Psalm 115:3, Isaiah 43:13, and Matthew 19:26, “But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Sovereignty: This is “the attribute by which He rules His entire creation.” It is the application of His other attributes of being all-knowing and all-powerful. It makes Him absolutely free to do what He knows to be best. God is in control of everything that happens. Man still has free will and is responsible for his choices in life.  God is in charge, not Presidents, Kings, or Dictators, learn from Proverbs 21:1, “The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.”  Now look at 1 Timothy 1:17, “To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.”

Holiness: This is the attribute that sets God apart from all created beings. It refers to His majesty and His perfect moral purity. There is absolutely no sin or evil thought in God at all.  Leviticus 19:2 Moses speaking to the congregation, gave this instruction from God; “You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.”

Trinity: Though the actual word is not used in the Bible, the truth of God, revealing Himself in three persons is included. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all called God, given worship as God, exist eternally, and are involved in doing things only God could do. Although God reveals Himself in three persons, God is One and cannot be divided. Romans 8:9, “You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.”
Omniscience: “Omniscience means all-knowing. God knows everything, and His knowledge is infinite. It is impossible to hide anything from God. In the Gospel of John 16:30, we find the disciples telling this to Jesus; “Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that you came from God.”  

Faithfulness: Everything that God has promised will come to pass. His faithfulness guarantees this fact, and whatever He has said in the Bible about Himself is true. Jesus even said that He is the Truth in John 14:6-7, Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.  If you had known me, you would have known my Father also.  From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

 

  This is extremely important for the followers of Jesus because it is on His faithfulness that our hope of eternal life rests. He will honor His promise that our sins will be forgiven and that we will live forever with Him.

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice