Saturday Praise to A Patient, Merciful God
Posted By Jacque on February 14, 2009
I hate to sound repetitious, but our God is more deserving of praise and adoration and thanks than any one person or all the population together could ever give.
Exodus 34
1And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. 2And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. 3And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. 4And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.5And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
6And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
8And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
God is not good because he has blessed us with 8 wonderful, perfect-for-our-family children. God is not good because he has kept my heart to my husband for twenty years. God is not good because he has helped us and seen us through the past year as Grandma left the earth to go to him, nor is he good during all the trials and tribulations former friends have put us through for the past two years.
God is a patient, good, and merciful God for doing all of these things, but he is good because he just is. He is God, and God is good. I have many different favorite praise songs, and I have not even been adding one to my Saturday Psalm & Praise posts, because I have become so overwhelmed in my soul just at the goodness and place God has given to us and brought us to in this place in time.
I love him and I praise him, not because of what he does or gives, but because of who he is. It has been a blessing and a joy to search the Scriptures and find out who God is. The OT tells more of his character than does the NT, to me, and it has been interesting to really dig in and find out about him and the truth aside from Bible stories about those who went before us.
This song came out in 1994. It was one of my favorite songs to sing with at home or as a special in services. It is so powerful. I don’t think we see God in all the WORD many times, but He IS there, just as He IS in all of our lives. Be blessed!
He IS by Aaron Jeoffrey
In Genesis, He’s the breath of life
In Exodus, the Passover Lamb
In Leviticus, He’s our High Priest
Numbers, The fire by night
Deuteronomy, He’s Moses’ voiceIn Joshua, He is salvation’s choice
Judges, law giver
In Ruth, the kinsmen-redeemer
First and second Samuel, our trusted prophet
In Kings and Chronicles, He’s sovereignEzra, true and faithful scribe
Nehemiah, He’s the rebuilder of broken walls and lives
In Esther, He’s Mordecai’s courage
In Job, the timeless redeemer
In Psalms, He is our morning songIn Proverbs, wisdom’s cry
Ecclesiastes, the time and season
In the Song of Solomon, He is the lover’s dreamHe is
He is
HE IS!
In Isaiah, He’s Prince of Peace
Jeremiah, the weeping prophet
In Lamentations, the cry for Israel
Ezekiel, He’s the call from sin
In Daniel, the stranger in the fireIn Hosea, He is forever faithful
In Joel, He’s the Spirits power
In Amos, the arms that carry us
In Obadiah, He’s the Lord our Savior
In Jonah, He’s the great missionaryIn Micah, the promise of peace
In Nahum, He is our strength and our shield
In Habakkuk and Zephaniah, He’s pleading for revival
In Haggai, He restores a lost heritage
In Zechariah, our fountainIn Malachi, He is the son of righteousness rising with healing in His wings
He is
He is
HE IS!
In Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, He is God, Man, Messiah
In the book of Acts, He is fire from heaven
In Romans, He’s the grace of God
In Corinthians, the power of love
In Galatians, He is freedom from the curse of sinEphesians, our glorious treasure
Philippians, the servants heart
In Colossians, He’s the Godhead Trinity
Thessalonians, our coming King
In Timothy, Titus, Philemon He’s our mediator and our faithful PastorIn Hebrews, the everlasting covenant
In James, the one who heals the sick.
In First and Second Peter, he is our Shepherd
In John and in Jude, He is the lover coming for His bride
In the Revelation, He is King of Kings and Lord of LordsHe is
He is
HE IS!
The prince of peace
The Son of man
The Lamb of God
The great I AMHe’s the alpha and omega
Our God and our Savior
He is Jesus Christ the Lord
and when time is no moreHe is
HE IS!
Words by Jeoffrey Benward & Jeff Silvey
©1994 Star Song
(All rights reserved.)
I have been feeling a sense of urgency in this day and time to know the LORD and to follow him wholeheartedly. May he be praised and find us faithful!
blessings,
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so true, it is difficult to praise God when we are going through difficult circumstances.
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That’s a beautiful song and it’s new to me! Thank you for sharing this one, and AMEN, God is GOOD!
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Thankyou Jacquie for your always sharing with us all from your heart! I don’t have a blog yet…but you inspire me. I am blessed over and over by your Christ centeredness in your writing. God has gifted you to reach out to others and you are using your gift so unselfishly, may God be glorified, as He is through this blog. Listening to the the song “He is”, that I have heard so many times before, never impacted me the way it did today, it actually brought tears to my eyes. I am chosen in Him, that is very humbling…me a broken vessel, so unworthy, and yet in His Grace and Mercy He chose me. My prayer for you is that God would bless you beyond what you could imagine.
Love in Christ
Cheryle
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Dear Cheryl~
You have greatly encouraged me today, and I want to thank you from the depths of my heart. I do not always feel like I have a Christ-centeredness, but I do try to encourage and honor the LORD in my writing.
I know just what you mean “I am chosen in Him, that is very humbling…me a broken vessel, so unworthy, and yet in His Grace and Mercy He chose me.”
I thank you, thank you, thank you for your blessing. I receive it for all God has for me and for my family, and I pray He will abundantly bless you for your love and encouragement to me, a part of the Body.
Many blessings to you and yours.
blessings,
Jacque
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I forgot how much I love this song! I really do!
Manda
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