Deuteronomy 32:39
'Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand.'
*Strong's Ex. Conc. No.
Deliver: to strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, take away, pluck, defend, escape
From the Hebrew word 'natsal' (pronounced naw-tsal').
ONE GOD & ONLY ONE
Psalm 18:31
For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
Exodus 15:11
Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You--majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
Who defines you? You or the people around you? Whose words describe who you really are? God tells us Who He is by His own Word. Here are a few examples of Who God Is:
>He's a Jealous God: Exodus 34:14
>He's a Consuming Fire: Hebrews 12:29
>He's a Forgiving God: Exodus 34:6, 7
>He's a Righteous Judge: Psalm 7:11
>God Is Spirit: John 4:24
>God is Exalted in Power: Job 36:22
>God is Merciful: Daniel 9:9
No other god can do what our GOD can do. No other god can speak, can say what our GOD can say. No other GOD has the mobility to be in all places at once: our GOD is omnipresent. No other GOD knows everything about everything and everyone: our GOD is omniscient. No other GOD is a god like our GOD: our GOD is omnipotent.
All other gods are incapable of doing anything for anyone. They are clay and wood, gold and silver; images and icons of animals and people and the heavenlies (stars, sun, moon, planets). They cannot because they are not.
GOD MADE US TO BE HIS PEOPLE
Created by God - Genesis 1:27
Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. Psalm 100:3
Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me? Job 10:8
GOD WANTS US
Job 22:21 Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
Psalm 34:10; Isaiah 27:5; John 17:3; Romans 6:19; Romans 12:1, 2; Isaiah 1:18
GOD WANTS OUR WORSHIP
Psalm 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth."
Exodus 23:25; Psalm 96:9; 2 Kings 17:39; John 4:24; Luke 4:8; Psalm 68:4.
GOD WANTS OUR PRAISE
Psalm 66:8 Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of His praise be heard.
1 Kings 10:9; 1 Peter 4:16; Psalm 68:19; Ephesians 1:6; Psalm 47:6
GOD WANTS OUR LOVE
Psalm 31:23 Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.
Deuteronomy 6:5; Mark 12:30; Matthew 22:37; Luke 10:27; Psalm 29:2
Uncle Sam may want you to join his army, but THE LORD HE IS GOD wants you for Himself. He wants to delight in you even more than we want to delight in Him. He desires us to be with Him in eternity, but He won't force us. He waits to be asked, to be let in to the inner recesses of our heart. He knows our hearts aren't clean enough for His glory. (Revelation 3:20 "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone should hear My voice and open the door, then I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.")
When The LORD God makes His home with us, when our hearts become His tabernacle, He cleans us up through the washing away of our sins by the blood of His perfect Lamb: The LAMB of GOD Which Takes Away The Sins of The World. He removes the darkness in us by shining His eternal LIGHT in our hearts, highlighting that which needs to be removed and polishing that which will remain. (2 Corinthians 9:5 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.)
His fire burns in us, burning up all that is not of Him as He goes about His work within us. We shine because our GOD shines in us, through us and around us. He covers us with His glory, and the fear of GOD emanates from us to the world around us; which is why some are drawn to us and many are against us.
Deuteronomy 4:35 "You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him."
Hosanna
Raise A Hallelujah
The More I Seek You
Good, Good Father
How Great Is Our God
Even When It Hurts
Breathe
Waymaker
Gratitude
Lead Me To The Cross
King of My Heart
