This weekend I had a great time at a church retreat for small group leaders. On my way to and from the conference I listened to a message series about the character of God called “God Is…” Each week different attributes of God completed the phrase. We also had a session during the retreat where team members shared an aspect of God that resonates with them.
Two characteristics from the sermon series that I appreciated were that God is loving, or good, and powerful, or strong. Psalm 62: 11-12 was quoted:
“One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard: that you, O God, are strong, and that you, O Lord, are loving...”
There is so much power in the psalmist’s iteration of those attributes of God. The pastor told everyone to imagine if God were only one, rather than both, of those characteristics. If He were loving but not powerful, He would have all the good intention but lack the ability to work in our circumstances. And if He were powerful but not loving, we might only experience His wrath and not His mercy.
But thank God that He’s both powerful and loving! We can give everything to Him. He not only cares deeply for us and desires to act on our behalf, but also has all the power to do so!
It’s wonderful to reflect on the many awesome attributes our God possesses. How Great is Our God!
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