Do you believe in God? What do you believe about God? What we believe shapes how we behave, and what we believe about God shapes significantly how we choose to live our lives. Here are some passages about the character and nature of God.
PRAYER
O Holy and Gracious God, grant me eyes of faith to see and recognize your power and presence in my world today. Guide me with your wisdom and strengthen me with your Spirit. In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
Monday – Psalm 90:1-12
God is eternal. The Psalm writer recognizes that God has been a refuge for people in every generation. What else does the writer reveal to us about God? How does this understanding affect the way we choose to live?
Tuesday – Isaiah 43:8-13
The people of Isaiah’s day had a problem. They thought life was all about them. And when they headed down some dead-end alleys in their culture, they found themselves in trouble. Isaiah was trying to warn them. What does he teach them in this passage? How would Isaiah speak to us today?
Wednesday – Job 38:25-38
Most of us know a little about the story of Job. He seems to have suffered immensely due to some contest between God and Satan. But few of us have wrestled with God’s answer to Job’s questions. They are not simple answers. In this passage God finally speaks to remind Job that Job is not God. It sounds heavy handed in our culture of democracy where we believe everyone is entitled to a voice and vote. But we are not God, and therefore, we may not be able to grasp truths that go beyond us. What phrases in this passage remind you who God is?
Thursday – Acts 17:24-31
Paul is preaching in Athens, Greece. This is the place where everyone loves to talk and talk and talk about ideas. He tries a new approach talking about the God above all of their other idols and gods. What does he say about God that distinguishes God from all of their idols? How is your God above all other gods? What do you believe?
Friday – 1 Corinthians 8:4-6
The Corinthians were also Greeks, and they had their share of idols to worship, too. But Paul points out that the Christian God is different. How so? How does that make our faith, and our practice different from the rest of the world?
Saturday – Revelation 4
Some voices in the past have insisted that God is really dead, and that we as a human race have outgrown our need for such superstition.But in the end… that may look differently.The writer of Revelation speaking to a church under intense persecution reminds them who wins in the end.What do you believe about the ultimate end of time?