The Only Wise God

I am so thankful I serve a God of truth and righteousness! There is only one God. I feel sorry for people who either do not believe in God or who put their faith in other "gods." The Bible is clear all throughout that Jesus Christ is God and apart from Him there is no other.

Isaiah 44:24-
*The Lord says that He's our Redeemer who formed us in the womb
*He made all things who alone stretched out the heavens

Isaiah 45 (God speaking)-
*I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God (v.5)
*Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker (v.9)
*It is I who made the earth and created mankind upon it (v.12)
*My own hands stretched out the heavens (v.12)
*He who created the heavens, He is God (v.18)
*He who fashioned and made the earth, He founded it (v.18)
*I am the Lord and there is no other (v.18)
*I the Lord speak the truth--I declare what is right (v.19)
*And there is no God apart from me (v.21)
*A righteous God and a Savior; there is none but me (v.21)
*Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear (v.23)
*They will say of me, 'In the Lord alone are righteousness and strength' (v.24)

The only thing that will matter when I depart from this earth is what I have done for Christ and His kingdom. I am saying this for my benefit because at times we all tend to get caught up in the worldly things and can lose focus on what truly is most important. Money, power, worldly pleasures, only last for a little while. We can never find contentment or satisfaction in those things because we'll always want more. We can, however, find lasting contentment in Jesus and His eternal Word. Isaiah 40:8 says that "the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever." As believers we need to encourage fellow believers and pray for one another. Also, as believers we need to fervently pray that we will be used as vessels for Christ, pointing unbelievers to a new life in Christ. Lastly, we need to lift up our government leaders in prayer and that our country will turn back to what is was founded upon.

So undeserving yet so thankful to be His,
Jennifer