CONTACT ME TODAY!
813-299-9219
WISDOM FOR TODAY
The Nature of God
The Nature of God
But You are God, ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abundant in kindness, and did not forsake them. —Nehemiah 9:17
In this short verse, Nehemiah describes God’s nature by listing a few of His attributes. The first that he mentions is God’s willingness to pardon. Though His people were completely unfaithful to Him, God was completely faithful to His people. We have all fallen short of His glory, but the blood of Jesus is able to cleanse us of all unrighteousness.
**Just as God was ready to forgive the Israelites, He is ready to forgive you—no matter what you’ve done.
God is gracious. He bestows His blessings on those who do not deserve it.
God is merciful. As David—who really needed God’s mercy—pointed out, God doesn’t reward us according to our sins. Instead, He extends His mercy toward those who fear Him—mercy as high as the heavens are above the earth.
God is slow to anger. Sometimes I get a little upset about that. I am a lot like James and John who wanted to call down fire from heaven to consume the Samaritans who insulted Jesus. But God is slow to anger. He is patient and longsuffering.
God is kind. He was kind to Israel, He has been kind to our country, and He has certainly been kind to me!
God sees our failings, our flaws, and our weaknesses. And yet He stands ready to pardon. When we call on Him, He forgives us, washes us, and renews us. It is just His nature.
Father, we thank You for Your mercy. May we forsake our evil ways and receive Your pardon and cleansing. Amen.
YBIC, Dan Shock CBMC of Tampa Bay PS Powerful Study on the names and attributes of God: Get your eyes off your circumstances and focus on Him! www.navigators.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/navtool-names-of-god.pdf
Engage in Kingdom Work: Advance.CBMC.Com<advance.cbmc.com/> -Free tools for sharing and growing your faith
Perspective on Kingdom Work: “Thinking Lost” bit.ly/1iUQg7x -best teaching I’ve heard on the Great Commission 
Dan Shock CBMC of Tampa Bay
Engage in Kingdom Work: Advance.CBMC.Com<advance.cbmc.com/> -Free tools for sharing and growing your faith
Perspective on Kingdom Work: “Thinking Lost” bit.ly/1iUQg7x -best teaching I’ve heard on the Great Commission
Search For More Articles
RECIENT ARTICLES
The Good Shepherd
The Good Shepherd Then Moses spoke to the Lord, saying, “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not…
Read MoreThe Battle of the Flesh
The Battle of the Flesh The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor, and the utterance of the man whose eyes are opened; the utterance of him who hears the words of God, and has the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of the Almighty, who falls down, with eyes wide open:…
Read MoreStand Between the Dead and the Living
Stand Between the Dead and the Living Then Aaron took it as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and already the plague had begun among the people. So he put in the incense and made atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead and the living; so the plague…
Read More
