God IS love. Period. All that he does is done in, by, love, Himself...
Like when Jesus personified Way, Truth, and Life, God (of whom Jesus is the perfect view) is LOVE.
Many of us have trouble integrating what we feel to be polar opposites in the grace and wrath of God.
Blessing on that trouble... but understanding Father is our great joy and boast in this sojourn! Look at Jeremiah 9:23 where it says that!
We truly can understand that grace and wrath are not separate at all, but both expressions of the great personality of our Father!
We may be horrified at the extent of His wrath, and we may dare to be stunned at the depths of His love, but they are both from Him.
He is good. He is love. and he is God.
Fearing him is a doorway to wisdom. That is, knowing how dangerous He is will calm our hearts at the myriad lesser fears that surround us.
A person captivated with the grace of God in Christ is not cowed by the majesty and danger of Father, the King of the ages. They are lifted by relief, being secure in the rescue that Jesus has wrought in his own flesh on the cross...
"Fear not...I have inscribed you on my palms..."
Isaiah's scroll...49:16
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"fear not I have inscribed you on my palms"...man I LOVE that!
ReplyDeleteWe would do well to meditate on that for a while.