![]() We cower, fearing a thunderous voice of wrath and judgment, until the words of His lips in Exodus 34 stop us cold. Sadly, we expect the disposition of God the Father’s heart toward us to be full of retribution for our sinfulness. In speaking of God’s glory, we are in essence speaking of His distinctiveness “what makes God, God.” ![]() Goodness? Doesn’t God’s glory relate to His greatness? In a word, “NO”. Another intriguing fact comes to light in Exodus 33:19 Moses asked to see God’s glory, and God responds He will make all His goodness to pass before Moses. Confirming Exodus 34:6-7 is not a single mention descriptor of God the Father.Īs I mentioned in my post about the patience of God, this staggering declaration comes after the incident with the golden calf. Numerous texts repeat these words throughout the Old Testament, Lamentations 3:32-33, Numbers 14:18, Nehemiah 9:17, Psalms 86:5, 103:8, 145:8, Isaiah 63:7, Joel 2:13, Jonah 4:2 and Nahum 1:3. Its importance is echoed in the repeated reference to these words by the prophets to affirm who God is to the people. The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. Second only to the incarnation, this is undoubtedly the high point of divine revelation in all of the Bible. Sinai for the second time to receive the Ten Commandments, He shows Moses “his glory”. ![]() In Exodus 34:6-7, after God has Moses come up to Mt. God granted Moses’ request to see His glory. ![]() God tells Moses He will pass by Him to proclaim “His name”, hiding Moses in the cleft of a rock. At the end of Exodus 33, Moses asks God to show him His glory. Scripture’s testimony speaks comprehensibly in the New Testament on who God the Father is, but why not ask Him ourselves? We simply cannot improve upon God’s own testimony as He reveals Himself to Moses in Exodus 34. From this place, we are the beloved treasure of the heart of God.īlessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. But what flows from the deepest recesses of the heart of God the Father? Mercy in abundance, not wrath, not judgment, mercies. For without this truth, we have no assurance that all wrongs will one day be righted. Most certainly God the Father is righteous and just, without question. Glimpsing the heart of Christ in the Four gospels, we also see all of the compassion and tenderness fully contained in the heart of God the Father. Jesus is the express image of the invisible God ( 2 Corinthians 4:4). From which beautifully satisfies justice and wrath. The Triune God is One God, their heart is one of redeeming love, mercy and compassion. The Father’s central disposition is not one of judgment while the disposition of Christ one of love. Who is God the Father? Do we envision Jesus Christ as loving, gentle, meek compassionate lover of sinners, but God the Father as a parsimonious, distant judge who demands punishment for sin? Jesus told Philip upon the inquiry to “show us the Father” in John 14:9, that if they had seen Him, they had seen the Father. The knowledge of God’s heart confounds every intuition we have of who He ultimately is. ![]() Our deflection of God’s true heart towards us remains contrary to Scripture’s clear testimony of God’s love for His beloved treasure. Yet we sit perversely resistant to His overflowing mercies. God the Father yearns for you, not the public persona you peddle, but the real you underneath everything you show to others. What comes to our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. Tozer begins his book, “The Knowledge of the Holy” with a provocative comment What is your perception of God the Father? Who do you think God the Father is in your sin and suffering? When you pray, with whom do you speak, and what are His thoughts towards you? A.W. Though human love’s flawed efforts may leave you holding a broken heart, may you know today you are the beloved treasure of the heart of God.ĭo you know that the Father God of all the universe longs for you? His very heart’s disposition towards you, is nothing other than pure, perfect, all consuming love. Sadly, in our broken world, the cry of many a heart is that of rejection, indifference, even abandonment. The deepest longing of the heart is the knowledge of another’s paramount love for us. The tenderness of the term caresses the heart as it flows from the object of our heart’s desire. ![]()
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